eleven o'clock
So she went calmly on with her work ; cut and fitted the hat lining , and carefully sewed it in the hat . Remembering that the stitch she used on her `` white work '' had been criticised as too long , she now was careful to take very short stitches , and she used her utmost endeavour to make her work neat and dainty . Miss O'Flynn passed her chair two or three times while the work was in progress , but she made no comment of any sort . It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Patty completed the task . Next time Miss O'Flynn came by her she handed her the hat with an unmistakable air of triumph . `` I 've done it , '' Patty thought to herself , exultantly . `` I 've lined that hat , and , if I do say it that should n't , it 's done perfectly ; neat , smooth , and correct in every particular . ''