six o'clock
She jotted down the names of some twenty little girls , selecting such as were between the ages of eight and twelve , and obtained promises that all should be ready at a fixed hour next Saturday . She met with doubts and objections and difficulties enough , but only failed in one or two instances . Then followed fresh talks with her grandfather , and all the details were arranged . There was rain on the Thursday and Friday , but when Ida drew up her blind at six o'clock on Saturday morning , the sky gave promise of good things . She was walking in the garden long before breakfast-time , and gladdened to rapture as she watched the sun gain power , till it streamed gloriously athwart cloudless blue . By one o'clock she was at the end of Litany Lane , where the cart with long seats was already waiting ; its arrival had become known to the little ones , and very few needed summoning . Of course there were disappointments now and again .