ten o'clock before
`` It 's funny we do n't see Fanny Vanderburgh anywhere , '' said Polly , as they went through the corridor and up the hotel stairs that night . `` She and her mother probably came home earlier , '' said Mrs. Fisher ; `` you know we were delayed , waiting for our carriages . You will see her in the morning , Polly . '' But in the morning , it was ten o'clock before Mr. King 's party gathered for breakfast , for Grandpapa always counselled sleeping late when out the night before . And when Polly did slip into her chair , there was a little note lying on her plate . `` Fanny Vanderburgh has gone , '' she said , and turned quite pale . It was too true .