half past seven o'clock
And Miss Redwood said your dinner would be ready in a quarter of an hour . I guess it is ready now . '' Which was the fact ; and Matilda ran home , in a different sort of gale now , and at luncheon was quite as light hearted as usual . It was needful for Norton and Matilda , or they thought so , to take the early train which left the station at half past seven o'clock . The next train would not be till near eleven ; and that , it was decided , would not do at all for their purposes . Taking the early train , they would have to go without breakfast ; but that was no matter ; they would get breakfast at Poughkeepsie , and have so much the more fun . The omnibus came for them a little after half past six , and they were ready ; Matilda with an important basket on her arm , which Norton gallantly took charge of .