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quarter past nine
`` Now we must pack them , '' Maida said . Four pairs of hands made light work of this . By nine o'clock all the boxes were filled and spread out temptingly in the show case . By a quarter past nine , three of the W.M.N.T. 's were in bed trying hard to get to sleep . But Maida stayed up . The boxes were not her only surprise . After the others had gone , she and Granny worked for half an hour in the little shop .