three o'clock
The walk lasted for a little over an hour , and was a very dreary penance to poor Hester , as she was neither allowed to run , race , nor talk a word of English . She sighed heavily once or twice , and several of the girls who looked at her curiously agreed with Annie Forest that she was decidedly sulky . The walk was followed by dinner ; then came half an hour of recreation in the delightful play-room , and eager chattering in the English tongue . At three o'clock the school assembled once more ; but now the studies were of a less severe character , and Hester spent one of her first happy half-hours over a drawing lesson . She had a great love for drawing , and felt some pride in the really beautiful copy which she was making of the stump of an old gnarled oak-tree . Her dismay , however , was proportionately great when the drawing-master drew his pencil right across her copy . `` I particularly requested you not to sketch in any of the shadows , Miss Thornton .