nine o'clock
The train did not move rapidly . A few miles out of Freeling it became stalled for a while . But a huge snow-plow came to the rescue at this point and piloted the train clear into the Junction . The sleeping-car porter wanted to make up the girls ' berths at the usual hour -- nine o'clock . But Nan begged hard for more time and Bess treated him to a generous lunch from the supply she had bought at Freeling . Afterwards she admitted she was sorry she was so reckless with the commissary . Just now , however , neither Bess nor Nan worried about supplies for what Laura Polk called `` the inner girl . ''