nine o'clock
`` Take the children for walks , '' that was a thing she had not thought of , and she did not relish the idea and as to going into the drawing-room , she could very well dispense with that . She was not aware that Mrs. Arlington intended her accomplished young governess to help to amuse her guests . Excessively annoyed , Isabel repaired to her own room to calm her ruffled feelings . At nine o'clock she went to the school-room and found her pupils there already , also a very pretty girl of about seventeen , whom they were coaxing to tell them about the ball . As Isabel entered the room , Amy exclaimed , `` Miss Leicester this is Emily ! '' Then Emily laughed merrily , and held out her hand saying , `` I hope we shall be good friends Miss Leicester , I 'm sorry we were out last night . '' `` Oh !