nine o'clock
Very well then , do n't let this kind of thing ever happen again . Empty those ink-pots out on to that tray , and , Winnie , fetch the ink-bottle out of the cupboard and refill them . This senseless proceeding has wasted a large part of your examination time , but I shall make no excuse for it . Your papers will be marked as if you had begun at nine o'clock . '' With Miss Bickford on the war-path no one dared to say a single word , but at mid-morning interval the injured Camellia Buds snatched their biscuits , and fled to their grotto in the garden to hold an indignation meeting . Here they talked fast and freely . `` It 's a jolly shame ! '' ''