five o'clock
`` See you later ! '' he shouted back , and Mary Bell went back to the kitchen with a lightened heart . Aunt Mat would n't -- COULD N'T -- fail her ! She carried a carefully prepared tray in to her mother at five o'clock , and sat beside her while the invalid slowly finished her milk-toast and tea , and the cookies and jelly Mary Bell was famous for . The girl chatted cheerfully . `` You do n't feel very badly about the dance , do you , deary ? '' said Mrs. Barber , as the gentle young hands settled her comfortably for the night .