ten o'clock
` You wait till he asks you , Jessie , ' cried Barbara , with sisterly reproof . ` I do n't suppose he 's very likely to ask any of you , ' said Mrs. Cartwright , with a laugh which was not very hearty . ` Now , Geraldine , _ when _ are you going to have done your breakfast ? Here 's ten o'clock , and you seem as if you 'd never stop eating . I wo n't have this irregularity . Now tomorrow morning I 'll have the table cleared at nine o'clock , and if you 're not down you 'll go without breakfast altogether , mind what I say . ' The threat was such an old one that Geraldine honoured it with not the least attention , but helped herself abundantly to marmalade , which she impasted solidly on buttered toast , and consumed with much relish .