ten o’clock
On the road they had two tires blow out , and as the second happened just on the outskirts of Irvington-on-the-Hudson , home of Rip Van Winkle , Uncle Roddy suggested dinner at the Sleepy Hollow Inn . They had the most delicious muffins , and pork chops with apple sauce , and very black coffee . That was lark number two . But best of all was the getting home at ten o'clock . Uncle Roddy lived on Riverside Drive in a big apartment , with Mr. and Mrs. Bent , his housekeeper and butler . Polly had stayed with him for three months before going to school and knew the lay of the land . She led the way to the big guest room that she had occupied , but instead of the gray walls and sedate old mahogany furniture that she remembered , imagine her surprise at finding soft cream walls with a border of nodding yellow daffodils and the most adorable ivory-colored furniture .