six o'clock
A pair , a pair -- the Female Vagrant , the Idiot Boy ! -- and that slimy , crawling , sickening caterpillar of a garden slug was once known to me ! Truly , a strange awaking ! '' It was now six o'clock , the time under ordinary circumstances for tea ; but the circumstances were extraordinary , as the Squire , Mr. Nash and the minister had to be waited for . The party was in the road waiting for them . `` Look , Eugene ! '' cried Marjorie ; `` there 's Muggins .