eleven o'clock
`` I believe Poppie 's put her in the Upper Fourth . '' `` Hush ! Here 's Poppie herself ! '' As the Principal stepped upon the platform and rang the bell , the girls hastily scurried to their seats , deferring further catechism of their new schoolfellow till eleven o'clock . Gipsy 's name had been placed on the roll call of the Upper Fourth , so as a member of the Lower School she marched in the long line that filed from the lecture hall to the right-hand wing of the house . The preliminary part of her ordeal might be considered successfully over . Schoolgirls are quick to take likes and dislikes ; with them , first impressions are everything , and a few minutes are often sufficient to decide the fate of a newcomer .