eight o'clock
`` Perhaps , '' thought silly Judith , `` if I run upstairs now and get her room ready for her , Catherine may kiss me good-night . '' Judith was on the verge of what is technically known as a `` crush . '' Meanwhile preparations went forward in earnest for the `` Christmas Carol , '' and `` All costumes must be finished for Monday . Full rehearsal at eight o'clock in the Big Hall . '' So ran the Order-in-Council . `` I 'm certainly glad Tiny Tim 's costume is done , '' thought Judith as she ran downstairs for the rehearsal ; `` four more days till the literature exam . I 'm going to work like everything . ''