half past eight
But she did not say it , for good Mrs. Lyman could not bear to make a disturbance . She knew if she should take Patty out of school , other parents would take their children out too ; for nobody was at all satisfied with Mr. Purple , and a great many people said they wished the committee had force enough to turn him away . But there was a storm in the air which nobody dreamed of . The sun rose one morning just as usual , and Patty started for school at half past eight with the rest of the children . You would have pitied her if you had been there . The tears were dripping from her seven years old eyes like a hail shower . It was very cold , but she did n't mind that much , for she had a yellow blanket round her head and shoulders , and over those boots of Moses 's were drawn a pair of big gray stockings , which turned up and flopped at the toes .