a
quarter to nine
How she did spunk up to that heifer ! Who in the dickens do you cal ` late she is ? '' That question was answered the very next day . Bos ` n , carefully dressed by Georgianna under the captain 's supervision , and weighted down with advice and counsel from the latter , started for the schoolhouse at a quarter to nine . Only a sense of shame kept Captain Cy from walking to school with her . He spent a miserable forenoon . They were quite the longest three hours in his varied experience .