seven o'clock at night
`` Oh , Letty , _ try _ and sit still , '' Miss Leech , who dreaded publicity , would implore in a whisper ; but who that has not had them can know the torture of chilblains inside thick boots , where they can not be got at ? As soon as the chilblains went , the Saturday concerts left off , and it seemed as though Fate had nothing better to do than to be spiteful . It was indeed a dreadful thing , thought Letty , as she bent over the map of Germany , to be young and to have to be made clever at all costs . Here was her aunt even , her pretty , kind aunt , asking her geography questions at seven o'clock at night , when she thought that she had really done with lessons for one more day , and had been so much enjoying Leechy 's description of the only man she ever loved , while she comfortably toasted cheese at the schoolroom fire . Anna , who spent such lofty hours of spiritual exaltation at St. Paul 's , and came away with her soul melted into pity for the unhappy , and yearned with her whole being to help them , never thought of Letty as a creature who might perhaps be helped to cheerfulness with a little trouble . Letty was too close at hand ; and enthusiastic philanthropists , casting about for objects of charity , seldom see what is at their feet . It was so difficult to find Stralsund that by the time Letty 's wandering finger had paused upon it Susie could only give one glance of horror at its position , and hurry away with Anna to dress .