ten o'clock
Why did you not let Kitty get into your room and hers ? If she wanted to go for a walk it was surely natural enough to ask for her hat and jacket ; you refused to give them to her . '' `` Of course I refused , '' said Alice , who did not at all wish to share any of poor Kitty 's blame . `` Kitty knew perfectly well that she was breaking one of the school rules as well as one of our home rules by going out at such an hour -- it was between nine and ten o'clock . As to her going without her hat and jacket , such an idea never entered my wildest dreams . No ; bad as I thought Kitty , I did not think her bad enough for that . There is no excuse for her .