nine o'clock
I had a comfortable journey up to town , and Uncle George saw that I wanted for nothing . When we got to London we drove across the town to another station , called Waterloo , and took a train on here . A carriage met us at the station with a pair of beautiful gray horses . They were not as handsome as Black Bess , but they were very beautiful ; and we arrived here between eight and nine o'clock . This is just the sort of place you would like , mother ; such thick carpets on the stairs , and such large , spacious , splendidly furnished rooms ; and Aunt Grace has meals to the minute ; and they have lots and lots of servants ; and my bedroom -- oh , mother ! I think you would revel in my bedroom . It has such a terribly thick carpet on the floor -- I mean it has a thick carpet on the floor ; and there is a view from the window , the sort you have so often described to me -- great big trees , and a lawn like velvet , and four or five tennis-courts , and a shrubbery with all the trees cut so exact and round and proper , and a peep of the River Thames just beyond .