four o'clock
I guess we 'll catch the saint in a slip before long , do n't you , girls ? '' said she , appealing to several other idlers who naturally congregated around a bird of the same feather as themselves . Bertie and Katie did not walk home together any more . The former , never having finished her work , was always obliged to remain in the mill till the closing-bell rang , while the former went home , as we have seen , at four o'clock , and at noon she was generally met by her brothers . `` Eric , '' she said on the day of the above conversation , `` do you think it 's right to idle and talk instead of doing your work ? '' `` We ca n't in the bindery ; the machine wo n't let us . Everything would go to thunder if we looked off . ''