nine o'clock
`` Is n't it nice Mamsie makes me get my lessons the first thing , before I play ! '' she said to herself for about the fiftieth time . `` So have I , '' cried Lucy Bennett , echoing Clem 's words . `` Well , I ca n't , '' cried Alexia with a flounce , `` because my aunt wo n't let me sit up after nine o'clock ; that is , to study . So I have to get up early in the morning . Oh dear ! '' with a grimace at the thought .