ten o'clock
`` What are you talking about ? '' demanded Priscilla . `` Old English , '' said Patty , as she sat down at her desk and commenced on the three days ' work she had missed . The Deceased Robert It was ten o'clock , and Patty , having just read her ethics over for the third time without comprehending it , had announced sleepily , `` I shall have to be good by inspiration ; I ca n't seem to grasp the rule , '' when a knock sounded on the door and a maid appeared with the announcement , `` Mrs. Richards wishes to see Miss Wyatt . '' `` At this hour ! '' Patty cried in dismay . `` It must be something serious .