nine o'clock
The sun was only just rising behind the Minster towers . Never mind ! It was morning , and to-day , actually to-day , she would see Percy ! By nine o'clock Miss Beach and Winona were speeding along in the express for Dunningham . Here they changed , and began a slow and tiresome cross-country journey , with a couple of hours to wait at an uninteresting junction . `` We shall get back a little quicker than we came , '' Aunt Harriet explained , `` because we can take advantage of the boat express , which will save us an hour and a half . It 's most wearisome to jog along in these local trains , stopping at every tiny little station . ''