ten in the morning
`` Now , Uncle , do -- do n't ! '' coaxed Dorry ; and Don echoed , laughingly : `` Yes , Uncle , do -- do n't ! '' But he was as eager as she to hear more . `` Why , my dears , a house-picnic means this : It means the whole house thrown open from ten in the morning till ten at night . It means fun in the garret , music and games in the parlor , story-telling in odd corners , candy-pulling in the kitchen , sliding-curtains , tinkling bells , and funny performances in the library ; it means almost any right thing within bounds that you and about thirty other youngsters choose to make it , with the house thrown open to you for the day . '' `` No out-of-doors at all ? '' asked Donald , doubtfully , but with sparkling eyes .