eight o'clock
In truth it is a good-sized , very old house , and the green square is a large field . It is so steep that I wonder all the small children have not rolled out of the door and down to the valley one after the other , which is indeed a foolish remark to have made . I take great pleasure in my early morning walks , in which you have so often kept me company , dear child . I meet the little peasants coming down from the hillsides to eight o'clock school in their quaint long frocks like little old fairies , they look so wise and sedate . Often I go to the village of Unterseen , just beyond the great modern hotels , but looking as if it belonged to another century than ours . We have some friends , artists , who have lodgings in one of the old houses , and when I go to see them I envy them heartily . Here it is very comfortable , but some of the people at _ table d'hôte _ are very tiresome to see , noisy strangers , who eat their dinners in most unpleasant fashion ; but I should not forget two delightful German ladies from Hanover , who are taking their first journey after many years , and are most simple and enviable in their deep enjoyment of the Kursaal and other pleasures easily to be had .