eight o'clock
Fancy ! A few hours more and we shall be in Florida ! '' Immediately this thought put all other thoughts to flight in the mind of careless but lovable Bess Harley , and she would have left the door of their stateroom wide open had not Nan reminded her to close it and turn the key in the lock . The girls ate breakfast hurriedly , and when they came out on deck it was after eight o'clock . That gave them just time to pack their few belongings before the _ Dorian _ steamed up the St. Johns River into the busy harbor of Jacksonville . Bess 's prediction had come true . Over night the weather had become so delightfully mild that heavy clothing was not only unnecessary , but very uncomfortable , and the girls had donned white suits and white hats with stockings and shoes to match .