four o'clock
The three morning hours passed as one in this congenial labor , then there was the brisk walk home to meet the children at a light lunch , and look after baby . She found the little fellow supremely contented with his new quarters , having made loving advances to a gray kitten who , though suspicious of his favors , was too meek to escape them ; and Mrs. Hoffstott declared he had been `` so goot as nefar vas ! '' The older children were voluble over their school , Morton talking most of the great , cheerful rooms , with their wonderful conveniences for study ; while Molly expatiated at large over a little girl with the euphonious name of Henrietta May Hendrington , with whom she seemed to have fallen rapturously in love ! Half-past one found them all at work again , and the afternoon hours were even shorter than those of the morning to all but baby , who began to grow homesick towards four o'clock , and who could not be comforted , even by the children , who were out of school at three . He wanted his `` Wawa , '' and no one else . It was really pathetic to see how the little fellow clung to her , hiding his pretty wet eyes in her neck , and lovingly patting her shoulder , as he crooned his wordless reproaches in her ear , and Mrs. Hoffstott , looking on , thought this must indeed be a good sister to win such hearty affection , and felt her own motherly heart warm to the forlorn little orphaned brood . But , as Sara climbed the steep staircase , with the child clasped close , and opened the door of their little snuggery above , her heart was full .