nearly six o'clock
They are the initials of our names -- Mary , Kate , Stella , Leila and Nannie . '' They said they were not the only ones on a like errand , for they had met a little girl all the way from Boston , and only fourteen years old , who had been sent on the same errand by her class in the high school , and they had heard of girls from the south and west who were coming for the same purpose . `` We ca n't lecture , '' said Mary , `` but we are going to help the Women 's Congress prove that girls have just as much brains and courage as boys . '' It was now nearly six o'clock , and Fanny was so interested in the five girls that she persuaded them to go home with her to enjoy the evening together . It promised a pleasant diversion , for the five girls had been hard at work several days and had not met a single acquaintance or congenial friend . When Fanny arrived at her hotel that evening with the five girls , it was to discover Uncle and Aunt in consternation over an extraordinary story told by Johnny , who had arrived home an hour or two before . According to his story , he and Louis had tried to see into the Dahomey village .