seven o'clock
`` It is indeed , my dear , worse luck ! Miss Bruce gives a terrible amount of prep , and you are bound to get through somehow . Sometimes it is worse than this , and you feel simply frantic . You are not allowed to go on after seven o'clock either , so there is no hope for you if you are not finished by that time . '' `` Do n't frighten her , Dora , '' said Kate kindly . She looked through her spectacles at Pixie 's woe-begone face , and smiled encouragement . `` It seems hopeless at first , but you will get accustomed to it in time .