eleven o'clock
I am afraid Miss Rowe , who followed with geology , did not find her pupils particularly intelligent that morning . She was obliged several times to correct them sharply for wandering attention , and was annoyed at the many wrong answers to the questions which she asked . The girls were unable to fix their thoughts upon either glaciers or moraines ; all were counting the minutes until lunch-time , when they could rush from the room to discuss the burning question of the ownership of the translation . As Patty walked down the passage at eleven o'clock to the pantry , she noticed Vera Clifford nudge Kitty Harrison and whisper something she could not hear . Most of the girls were collected in a little group near the door , talking eagerly , and some of them looked curiously at her as she passed . `` I do n't believe it ! '' cried Enid 's indignant voice .