two o'clock
Aunt Barbara speaks of her manners , and wishes I would `` play with '' Nelly Foster and the minister 's girls : but Nelly is like anybody grown up , -- I suppose it is because she has seen trouble , as people say here ; and the minister 's girls are _ little ` fraid cats _ . That is what Serena says , and is sure to make you laugh . `` Try and make 'em hop ` round , '' Serena told me at the party , and I did try ; but they are n't good hoppers , and that 's all there is to say . I sent down to Riverport and bought Seth a book of violin airs , and he practiced until two o'clock one morning , so that Serena and Jonathan were saying dreadful things . Aunt Mary is about the same , and so is Aunt Barbara , and they send their love . Papa , you must never tell , but I hate the one and love the other . Mary Beck is n't half so bad as I am to say that , but now it is a black mark and must stay .