eight in the morning
He conceived Helen Rathbone as an extraordinary , an amazing creature . Nothing of the kind . There are simply thousands of agreeable and good girls who can accomplish herring-bone , omelettes , and simultaneous equations in a breath , as it were . They are all over the kingdom , and may be seen in the streets and lanes thereof about half-past eight in the morning and again about five o'clock in the evening . But the fact is not generally known . Only the stern and _ blasé _ members of School Boards or Education Committees know it . And they are so used to marvels that they make nothing of them .