about ten in the morning
`` Why , I guess I can fix it up for you , '' said Dan Gowdy cheerfully , when she had stated her predicament , withholding only the reason for not telling Mr. Peabody . `` Let me see -- twelve-three stops at Centertown . But you do n't want to spend the night on the train . Going from Centertown , you 'd get to Washington about ten in the morning . '' `` I 'd rather not sleep on the train , '' answered Betty timidly , hoping that she was not unreasonable . Aside from the expense , she was not used to traveling , and the idea of a night alone on the train for the first time rather daunted her . `` Well , then -- Wait a minute , I 've got it ! ''