about nine o'clock in the morning
Probably they were some old and useless documents , which the banker had thrown away when they were of no further consequence . It was quite likely that Leo , who was always studying up methods of doing business , had saved them from the dirt barrels in the streets , so as to learn the forms of making out such papers . This explanation was not quite satisfactory , though it was plausible , to her . It was about nine o'clock in the morning when she found the papers . Leo had gone to school , and her father would not return till night . She was so impatient to know whether the documents were of any value or not , that she was unwilling to wait till noon . At first she thought she would take them up to Mr. Checkynshaw himself , and ask him if they were good for anything ; but she did not exactly like to do that .