about one o'clock
It just ties me down -- and now of all times when I 'm trying to get the Junior Reds started . And I could n't go to Alice Clow 's party last night and I was just dying to . Of course father is n't really unreasonable and I can always get an hour or two off in the evening when it 's necessary ; but I knew he would n't stand for my being out half the night and leaving Susan or mother to see to the baby . I suppose it was just as well , because the thing did take colic -- or something -- about one o'clock . It did n't kick or stiffen out , so I knew that , according to Morgan , it was n't crying for temper ; and it was n't hungry and no pins were sticking in it . It screamed till it was black in the face ; I got up and heated water and put the hot-water bottle on its stomach , and it howled worse than ever and drew up its poor wee thin legs . I was afraid I had burnt it but I do n't believe I did .