nine o'clock
And then , `` A hen , a hen , but not a rooster . Can you say _ that _ ? '' They were greatly puzzled and looked at Cynthia , who was silently smiling , saying it over in every manner , until at last one girl almost shrieked out , '' _ That _ , '' and there was a chorus of laughter . At nine o'clock they were bidden to come home . Some of them were sent for and those who lived near together went in a group . Ben Upham came for his sisters . `` I do n't see why they could n't have had boys , '' said Ben to Polly .