six o'clock
Nellie 's answer to this question was a `` staggerer '' to Master Bob , as he termed it in his choice phraseology . She appeared in the passage that passed her door fully dressed . `` I got up when Sarah rose , and have been ready to go downstairs for the last hour , '' she said calmly , with a conscious pride . `` You 'd better look sharp with your dressing , Bob , for it is past six o'clock . Unless you start off soon to the beach , too , for your bathe , you 'll never be back in time for breakfast , which is going to be earlier this morning so that we may catch the steamer comfortably . '' `` My good gracious ! '' exclaimed Bob , jamming his right foot into his left boot in his hurry and wasting a minute or more in wriggling it out again .