quarter past nine
The twins expressed a polite but quite sincere hope that they would have the pleasure of seeing Malvina again ; but Malvina , seized maybe with sudden doubts as to whether she had behaved with discretion , appears to have replied evasively . Ten minutes later she was lying asleep , the golden head pillowed on the round white arm ; as Mrs. Muldoon on her way down to the kitchen saw for herself . And the twins , fortunate enough to find a side door open , slipped into the house unnoticed and scrambled back into their beds . It was quarter past nine when Mrs. Arlington came in herself and woke them up . She was short-tempered with them both and had evidently been crying . They had their breakfast in the kitchen . During lunch hardly a word was spoken .