ten o'clock
Edna was so tired that she nearly fell asleep on the way home , but she felt quite wide-awake when they reached there , and was very much surprised when Uncle Justus bent down and kissed her good-night . He had never done this before , and although pleased at the act , Edna wondered why he did it , and she went up stairs also wondering who would get that lovely doll . Edna awoke , still wondering . Of course she realized that there was no hope of her going to the fair again that evening , for she had been up until ten o'clock the night before , and besides Aunt Elizabeth would not be well enough to go out into the night air , and Uncle Justus could not be expected to give up his warm corner and his easy chair a second time . So Edna contented herself with dwelling upon the delights of the evening before , and wrote a long account of it to sister . Writing to her sister or her parents was one of her regular Saturday employments . The letters were always strictly scrutinized by Aunt Elizabeth , and sometimes had to be written all over again .