nine in the morning
She finally agreed that she would leave out all the other things if she could take _ one _ house of burrs and _ one _ green apple doll just to show how they were made and then a nice box of red cheeked eating apples to give to her little friend . It was decided to go home by the day trip . The journey was shorter that way and Alice begged to go at a time when they might eat in the diner . So they took the train at nine in the morning and would reach home in time for dinner that night . Mary Jane found it very hard to say good-by to Grandmother and Grandfather . She had learned to love them dearly and they had been so good and kind and thoughtful to her she would never , as long as she lived , forget the happy days she had spent with them . But , nice as it was to go away to visit , it was nicer still to be going home .