ten minutes past nine
`` It is n't the first time that Kathleen and I have got up with the sunrise . We 'll get up to-morrow before it , I 'm thinking , and take a train , and be in time to have a good breakfast at Mrs. Tennant 's . -- Then if you , my dear lady , will put up with me until lunch-time , I can see more of my Kathleen , and propound some plans for your pleasure as well as hers . If you must go , Mrs. Tennant , I am afraid you must , for the next train leaves Charing Cross for Merrifield at ten minutes past nine . '' Mrs. Tennant looked grave , but it was difficult to resist Miss O'Flynn , and the time was passing . Accordingly she and Ruth left the Hôtel Métropole , and the aunt and niece found themselves alone . `` Now , Kathleen , '' said Miss O'Flynn , `` you come straight up to my bedroom , where there is a cosy fire , and where we will be just as snug as Punch .