ten o’clock
`` Oh , I am so glad , Papa ! It is so nice to go together . '' `` Then , Miss Fosbrook , will you be kind enough to rig them out ? I must drive into Southminster at ten o'clock ; and if you would be so good as to see them smartened up for London there , I should be much obliged to you . '' The mere drive to the country town was a great event in itself , even without the almost incredible wonder that it was to lead to ; and the delights of which Ida and Miss Fosbrook had told them in London went so wildly careering through the little girls ' brains , that they hardly knew what they said or did , as they danced about the house , and ran up-stairs to get ready , long before ten o'clock . Mr. Carey had been informed that his pupils would not come to him during the few days of their father 's stay ; and Sam begged to ride in on his pony by the side of the carriage ; but he was desired to fetch his books , and call Henry , as his uncle wished to give them both an examination . Was this the beginning of captivity to Uncle John ?