five o'clock
She was the last on the list of competitors , so she had gained a full and complete victory over her rivals in the contest . She beamed with satisfaction as she went up to receive her prize -- a pretty little silver brooch . She had no further good fortune , though she tried her luck in the potato race and the ball-catching competition , which concluded the sports . It was now after five o'clock , and a procession of girls in Elizabethan costume came on to the field to sing the final madrigal which was to wind up the fête . As the last strains died away and the band began `` God Save the King '' , everybody joined in the National Anthem and gave three hearty cheers for the Rodenhurst Cot . `` It has been a splendid afternoon , '' said Miss Roscoe , as the crowd began to disperse and the sweet vendors and flower sellers came to hand over their gains . `` I 'm sure we shall have realized quite a large sum .