three o'clock
It was extremely pleasant out under the beech trees . She did n't want to get up and dash about getting all hot and untidy , and making all kinds of mistakes in a silly old game that did nobody any good as far as she could see . Anyhow , her afternoon was spoiled now , and she began to wish that basket-ball had never been invented . The very idea of action grew more and more distasteful , but at the sound of the three o'clock bell she got up very reluctantly and crossed over to the basket-ball court . Fortunately she was dressed ready for the game , since at four o'clock she was due at a gymnasium class . Esther Harriman , who was umpiring , gave her a red scarf to tie on her arm and briefly explained where she was to play and what she was to do . Unfortunately the girl she was to check was Georgia Fisher for whom Judith had taken an unreasonable dislike ; partly because she disliked the way Georgia giggled , and partly because she thought her impossibly stupid .