eight o'clock in the morning
`` Leave it alone , boy , '' he said , `` leave it alone : it never was , and never will be , any good . '' And William nodded assuringly . `` Do n't be afraid of that , '' he said confidently , `` I 've got no use for it . '' At eight o'clock in the morning there was a hurried call to the bedrooms occupied by the younger Turnpikes , and William kissed them gently , for all but Pete were fast asleep . Pete jumped out of bed and dressed hurriedly . `` I 'm going to the station with ` Mister Actor Man , ' '' he announced , and a few minutes later William , Pete , and Pa Turnpike , in one of the latter 's express wagons , with one trunk containing William 's stock of clothes , proceeded briskly down the street . William 's mother stood at the door answering with her own the waving of William 's handkerchief until the wagon turned a corner ... .