about nine
o'clock in the morning
And so they started for Grandpa Ford 's . And not even Russ and Rose , who guessed a little of the `` secret , '' knew all the strange things that were to happen at Great Hedge . The trip to Grandpa Ford 's was to last all day . The six little Bunkers , with their father and mother , had taken the railroad train about nine o'clock in the morning , and they would reach Tarrington , in New York State , about five in the evening . `` And one of my men will be at the depot to meet us with a carriage , '' said Grandpa Ford . `` We 'll drive over with horses , though I have an auto on my place . But I like horses better . ''