eight o'clock
Bab had been in Europe and in Maine and in California , but knew very little of Chinamen and had often said she `` wanted to eat China cooking . '' The dinner was excellent . Eddo enjoyed it very much for a while ; then his head began to nod over his plate , his spoon waved uncertainly in the air , and Maggie had to be sent for to take him away from the table . The ride up the mountain had been so fatiguing that by eight o'clock all the Dunlees , little and big , were glad to find themselves snugly in bed . They slept late , every one of them , and even the woodpeckers , tapping on the roof next morning , failed to arouse them with their `` Jacob , Jacob , wake up , wake up , Jacob ! '' After breakfast Edith happened to leave the dining-room just behind Mrs. McQuilken , who held her two cats cuddled up in her arms like babies , and was kissing their foreheads and calling them `` mamma 's precious darlings . '' As Edith heard this she could not help smiling , and Mrs. McQuilken paused in the entry a moment to say : -- `` I guess you like cats . ''