seven o'clock
I made a point , when any young man visitor happened to be staying with us , of rising exceptionally early in the morning , so that I always appeared at the breakfast-table fresh , cheerful , and carefully dressed , with , when possible , a dew-besprinkled flower in my hair to prove that I had already been out in the garden . The effort , as far as the young man visitor was concerned , was always thrown away ; as a general rule , he came down late himself , and generally too drowsy to notice anything much . But it was excellent practice for me . I wake now at seven o'clock as a matter of course , whatever time I go to bed . I made my own dresses and most of our cakes , and took care to let everybody know it . Though I say it who should not , I play and sing rather well . I certainly was never a fool .