eight in the morning
`` When I 'm even with the fellow , I wo n't have anything more to do with him , '' snorted Ripley . `` But I 'll wait , watch and plan for years , if I have to , to take all the conceit and meanness out of that sneak . I 'll never quit until I can look at myself in the glass and tell myself that I 've paid back the lowest trick ever played on me ! '' In Gridley High School , sessions began at eight in the morning . School let out for the day at one in the afternoon . The brighter students , who could get most of their lessons in school , and do the rest of the work during the evening , thus had the afternoon for work or fun . Often , though , it happened that there were parties , or school dances in the evening .