twelve o'clock
As if every one did n't know she had started it , and got it all fixed up with enough girls to carry the motion before the rest of us got down from an exam . Yes , they had it thought out as carefully as that ! They knew all the sophomore girls would be up in that exam . till almost twelve o'clock , for it 's always as long as the moral law , anything with Professor Crabbs -- and they counted up and had just enough to a name to carry their motion . They even got Marian Hobbs to cut a class to get there . They had n't counted on my getting in in time to hear , I guess , or else they did n't care . Perhaps they wanted me to hear it all ; I 'm sure I do n't know .