ten o’clock
`` But you will be busy ? '' said Mary . `` Never mind , I am afraid we are not very regular , '' said Carey . It was by this time ten o'clock , and the two younger children were still to be heard shouting to one another up stairs about the leaves for their chrysalids . So when Mary came up the hill at half-past ten the next morning , she was the less surprised to find these two only just beginning breakfast , while their mother was sitting at the end of the table knitting , and hearing Janet repeat German poetry . The boys had long been in school . Caroline jumped up and threw her arms round Mary 's neck , declaring that now they would enjoy themselves .