nine o'clock
`` I think they are , '' said Marjorie , gracefully swishing the long folds of her silk skirt . `` Come on , King , let 's go over and see Stella ; we have n't seen her yet . '' `` Miss Stella 's gone to school , '' Carter informed them . `` I saw her go by with her books just before nine o'clock . And if you ladies can excuse me now , I 'll be going back to my work . If so be ye fall in the river or anything , just you scream , Miss Marjorie , and I 'll come and fish you out . '' `` We do n't fall in twice in one day , '' said Marjorie , with dignity , and the two Quaker ladies trailed away across the lawn .