nine o'clock at night
If Sabina were to go , -- and she will next spring , -- I am afraid it would turn out that we should have to keep two . '' For all Sylvie 's little `` afternoons out , '' it was very certain that she , and Sabina also , did have their hands full at home . It is wonderful how much work one person , who _ does _ none of it and who must live fastidiously , can make in a small household . From Mrs. Argenter 's hot water , and large bath , and late breakfast in the morning to her glass of milk at nine o'clock at night , which she never _ could _ remember to carry up herself from the tea-table , -- she needed one person constantly to look after her individual wants . And she could n't help it , poor lady , either ; that is the worst of it ; one gets so as not to be able to help things ; `` it was the shape of her head , '' Sabina said , in a phrase she had learned of the cabinet-maker . `` You shall have anything you can do ; just as Dot does , '' said Miss Euphrasia . `` And Amy will like it all the better for your doing .