morning, about ten o’clock
he said . When Kirsty returned to take me home , there was I following the cows on Turkey 's back , riding him about wherever I chose ; for my horse was obedient as only a dog , or a horse , or a servant from love can be . From that day I recovered very rapidly . Elsie Duff How all the boys and girls stared at me , as timidly , yet with a sense of importance derived from the distinction of having been so ill , I entered the parish school one morning , about ten o'clock ! For as I said before , I had gone to school for some months before I was taken ill . It was a very different affair from Dame Shand 's tyrannical little kingdom . Here were boys of all ages , and girls likewise , ruled over by an energetic young man , with a touch of genius , manifested chiefly in an enthusiasm for teaching .