five o'clock
I found the mess to consist of indifferent potatoes and strange shreds of rusty meat , mixed and cooked together . Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil . I ate what I could , and wondered within myself whether every day 's fare would be like this . After dinner , we immediately adjourned to the schoolroom : lessons recommenced , and were continued till five o'clock . The only marked event of the afternoon was , that I saw the girl with whom I had conversed in the verandah dismissed in disgrace by Miss Scatcherd from a history class , and sent to stand in the middle of the large schoolroom . The punishment seemed to me in a high degree ignominious , especially for so great a girl -- she looked thirteen or upwards . I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame ; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed : composed , though grave , she stood , the central mark of all eyes .