nearly four
o'clock before
`` You 're vrezy vulgar to be so c ` oss , '' said Racey . `` I do n't believe you know what ` vulgar ' means , '' I said . `` No , '' said Racey , calmly , `` I does n't , '' and in laughing at him I forgot my c ` ossness , though afterwards when I remembered it , I felt really ashamed of having been so sharp upon poor Racey just when we had so many things to be happy about . Almost immediately after we had got the table really arranged for the last time -- we had done it and undone it so often that it was nearly four o'clock before it was quite ready -- we heard a carriage stop at the door and then the bell rang , and peeping over the bannisters we heard Benjamin open the front door . Then came a soft rustle of some one coming up-stairs . `` It 's _ her _ , '' I cried , rushing back into the nursery . And then we all flew out to the top of the staircase to welcome her .