eleven o'clock
By this time Ruby had begun to be very tired of riding in the cars . She did not want to look out of the window any more , and she began to feel a little homesick . She grew very quiet , as she began to wonder what Ruthy was doing just now . The old gentleman had told her that it was eleven o'clock , so she knew that Ruthy was probably having a nice game at recess with the other children . This was the first day of school at home , and Ruby remembered how she had always enjoyed that first day . It was so pleasant to put everything to rights in her desk just as she meant to have it all the year , to have her old seat by Ruthy where she had sat ever since she first began to go to school , and to look at the new scholars , and wonder whether she would have much trouble in keeping at the head of the class . The old gentleman wondered what made his little companion so quiet , and looking down at her , he saw the tears beginning to gather in her eyes .