twenty-five minutes past two
The studio was a large room on the upper story , with the orthodox north windows and top-light , in the shape of a skylight . It was fitted with desks and easels , and round its walls was a row of casts on pedestals . The girls liked drawing afternoon well enough , but they were not in any particular hurry to go upstairs and take out boards and pencils . It was not until twenty-five minutes past two that Wendy , Vi , Sadie , and Peggy came leisurely along the top landing . They opened the door of the studio in quite an every-day manner , and walked in . Then they all four stared and ejaculated : `` O-o-o-oh ! '' `` Jehosh-a-phat ! ''