six o'clock
`` There 's Cap'n Jeth , settin ' between Marietta and ` Phelia Beebe . There 's the three of 'em on the back seat . Cap'n Jeth 's the one with the whiskers . '' At six o'clock Martha and her lodger walked over to the Hallett house . Miss Phipps was dressed in her best gown and looked the personification of trim , comfortable New England femininity . Galusha was garbed in the suit he wore the evening of his arrival , but it had been newly sponged and pressed . `` It looks lots better , '' observed Martha , inspecting him as they walked along .