ten o'clock
Patty found a delegation of potato racers waiting with the news that she had won the prize . An interested crowd gathered to watch her open the box ; it contained a tin funeral wreath that had been displayed that winter in the window of the village undertaker -- Kid had bought it cheap , owing to fly specks that would not rub off . The wreath was hoisted on the end of a shinny stick and marched through the corridor to the tune of `` John Brown 's Body , '' while Mademoiselle ineffectually wrung her hands and begged for quiet . '' _ Mes chères enfantes _ -- it is ten o'clock . _ Soyez tranquilles . _ Patty -- _ Mon Dieu _ -- How you are bad ! Margarite McCoy , you do not listen to me ?