five o'clock
He is too old to run away now . Please say yes . '' Bert continued to plead , and in the end Mr. Bobbsey gave him permission to go to the hockey match . `` But you must be back before five o'clock , '' said he . `` We are going to start for home at that time . '' The dinner was a fine one and tasted especially good to the children after their long ride . But Bert and Bob were impatient to be off , and left the moment they had disposed of their pieces of pie .