ten o'clock
`` We 're just in a muddle everywhere . '' `` We ca n't get straight all of a minute , of course . But what I want us to do is to make a beginning . Ah , there 's ten o'clock striking ! I must go to Mr. Duncan with the books . Now , you will try -- wo n't you , Clara ? You 'll work for God , and to please father , and to help me ; and , Clara , '' adds Betty , in a hurried whisper , '' _ do _ run upstairs and put your cap straight , and wash that great black smut from your face -- it 's right across your nose . ''