nine o'clock
they both answered with hearty good will , Max adding , `` And Lu must have the next , if you please , papa . '' That matter being speedily settled , the next question was when school was to begin . They were all three asking it . `` You may have your choice -- we will put it to vote -- whether we will begin to-morrow morning , or not till Monday , '' replied their father ; `` to-morrow , you will remember , is Thursday : we will begin school regularly at nine o'clock each morning ; and it is to last four hours , not including five or ten minutes at the end of every hour for rest . '' `` That 'll be ever so nice ! '' was Lulu 's comment . `` That 's so , '' said Max .