about nine o'clock
`` No life in the saddle for me when it rains , '' broke in Grace . During the afternoon the girls napped and read . When the time came to get supper they were glad to see that they had run away from the storm and the sun was setting clearly . `` Funny , how sleepy one gets , '' drawled Grace , about nine o'clock . `` I 'll not stay up late . '' No one wanted to do that , and in less than an hour all were sleeping soundly while the long train rumbled along on its trip westward . `` And this is the day , '' breathed Mollie the next noon , as they made their way from the dining car through some half dozen other cars to their own .