eight until ten P.M
I send him to Hebrew class at the synagogue at night . He vill be big rich some day , that boy ; he 's got a brain on him . '' `` Cut it out , Pa , '' said Ikey , `` Nance is a smart kid ; you wo n't lose anything on her . '' The result was that Nance was accorded the privilege of occupying a stool in the corner behind the hot stove and sewing buttons on knee pantaloons , from eight until ten P.M. . At first the novelty of working against time , with a room full of grown people , and of seeing the great stacks of unfinished garments change into great stacks of finished ones , was stimulation in itself . She was proud of her cushion full of strong needles and her spool of coarse thread . She was pleased with the nods of approval gentle Mrs. Lavinski gave her work in passing , and of the slight interest with which she was regarded by the other workers .