three o'clock in the
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Almost as funny as the quarrel was Bertha 's account of the occasion when she fell into the creek , and many funny recitations by Mr. Warner also made amusing records . Patty could hardly believe that she had not heard her friends ' voices really raised in anger , until Winthrop put the same record in and let her hear it again . He also promised her that some day she should make a record for herself , and leave it at Pine Branches as a memento of her visit . Miss Aurora Bender 's quilting party was to begin at three o'clock in the afternoon , and the girls started early in order to see all the fun . They were to stay to supper , and the young men were to come over and escort them home in the evening . When they reached Miss Bender 's , they found that many and wonderful preparations had been made . Miss Aurora had two house servants , Emmeline and Nancy , but on this occasion she had called in two more to help .