eight o'clock
Study it , mademoiselle , and do not let your eyes wander a moment from the page . '' Hester favored Mdlle . Perier with a look of lofty contempt , but she received the well-thumbed lesson-book in absolute silence . At eight o'clock came breakfast , which was nicely served , and was very good and abundant . Hester was thoroughly hungry this morning , and did not feel so shy as the night before . She found herself seated between two strange girls , who talked to her a little and would have made themselves friendly had she at all encouraged them to do so . After breakfast came half an hour 's recreation , when , the weather being very bad , the girls again assembled in the cozy play-room .