seven o'clock
Any trouble with them ? Beatty had once been very ill with hers , at Philadelphia , mostly caused , however , by some beastly , indigestible food that the nurse had let her have . And they allowed her to sit up much too late . Did n't Mrs. French think seven o'clock was late enough for any child not yet four ? One could n't say that Beatty was a very robust child , but healthy -- oh yes , healthy ! -- none of your sickly , rickety little things . The curtains had been closed .