four o'clock
It seemed to her , as it does to almost all young people , that there is nothing in the world so easy as to die , the moment things go wrong ! This conversation with Papa made Cousin Helen doubly interesting in Katy 's eyes . `` It was just like something in a book , '' to be in the same house with the heroine of a love-story so sad and sweet . The play that afternoon was much interrupted , for every few minutes somebody had to run in and see if it was n't four o'clock . The instant the hour came , all six children galloped up stairs . `` I think we 'll tell stories this time , '' said Cousin Helen . So they told stories .