three o'clock in the afternoon
Then came Henrietta , then I , and last of all Baby Cecil , who was only four . The day I was nine years old , Rupert came into the nursery , holding up his handsome head with the dignified air which became him so well , that I had more than once tried to put it on myself before the nursery looking-glass , and said to me , `` You are quite old enough now , Charlie , to learn what to do whatever happens ; so every half-holiday , when I am not playing cricket , I 'll teach you presence of mind near the cucumber frame , if you 're punctual . I 've put up a bench . '' I thanked him warmly , and the next day he put his head into the nursery at three o'clock in the afternoon , and said -- `` The lecture . '' I jumped up , and so did Henrietta . `` It 's not for girls , '' said Rupert ; `` women are not expected to do things when there 's danger . '' '' _ We _ take care of _ them _ '' said I , wondering if my mouth looked like Rupert 's when I spoke , and whether my manner impressed Henrietta as much as his impressed me .