six in the morning
begged Julia . `` How 's The Alexander , Aunt Sanna -- how is Miss Striker turning out ? '' `` She 's turned out , '' said Miss Toland grimly , her knitting needles flashing steadily . `` She came to me with her charts and rules , and oh , she could n't lie in bed after half-past six in the morning , and she could n't put off the sewing class , and she would like to ask me not to eat my breakfast after nine o'clock ! A girl who never cared what she ate -- sardines and tea ! -- and she would n't come in with me to dinner at the Colonial because she was afraid they used coal tar and formaldehyde -- ha ! Finally she asked me if I would n't please keep the expenditures of the house and my own expenditures separate , and that was the _ end _ ! ''