ten o'clock
`` I wo n't call them Sunday books , '' she sometimes said , `` because I consider our religion would be a very poor thing if it were only kept for one day in the week . What we learn in this quiet time we must apply in our busy hours , and let the helpful words we read influence our ordinary life and go towards the building of character , which is the most invaluable of all possessions . '' At half-past six there was a short service in chapel ; and the rest of the evening , after supper , was given up to the writing of home letters . All the routine of the school was still new to Honor , and she felt very strange and unusual as , precisely at ten o'clock , she took her place among the lines of Chessingtonians marshalled in the quadrangle preparatory to setting off for church . Miss Cavendish gave the signal to start , and the two hundred girls filed along two and two , all dressed alike in white serge coats and skirts and best sailor hats , with their house colours , the blue ribbons of the School House leading the way , followed by the pink of St. Aldwyth 's , and the orange , violet , and scarlet of St. Chad 's , St. Bride 's , and St. Hilary 's , respectively . `` I believe it 's considered one of the sights of the neighbourhood to see us parade through the lich-gate , '' said Lettice Talbot , who happened to be walking with Honor . `` Visitors stand in the churchyard and try to count us .