seven o'clock
An unprejudiced observer might have thought that Mrs Gray had some reason for her high opinion of Zoe , for she was certainly a very much prettier baby than the majority in Downside , who were generally of the dumpling type , with two currants for eyes . And she was also a very good baby -- ` And easy enough too for anyone to be good , ' would be the comment of any listening Downside mother , ` when they always gets their own way ! ' which , however , is not so obvious a truth as regards babies under a year as it is of older people . Certainly to be put to bed awake and smiling at seven o'clock , and thereupon to go to sleep , and sleep soundly , till seven o'clock next morning , shows an amount of virtue in a baby which is unhappily rare , though captious readers may attribute it rather to good health and digestion , which may also be credited , perhaps , with much virtue in older people . ` And I do say , ' Mrs Gray was never tired of repeating to anyone who had patience to listen , ` as nothing would n't upset that blessed little angel , as it makes me quite uneasy thinking as how she 's too good to live , as is only natural to mortal babies to have the tantrums now and then , if it 's only from stomach-ache . ' The only person who seemed to sympathise in the Grays ' admiration for the baby was the organist . It was really wonderful , Mrs Gray said , the fancy he had taken to the child -- ` Ay , and the child to him too , perking up and looking quite peart like , as soon as ever his step come along the path . '