seven o’clock
I did not go to sleep at once . I lay on the chintz-covered divan in Bella 's dressing room and stared at the picture of her with the violets underneath . I could n't see what there was about Bella to inspire such undying devotion , but I had to admit that she had looked handsome that night , and that the Harbison man had certainly been impressed . At seven o'clock Jimmy Wilson pounded at my door , and I could have choked him joyfully . I dragged myself to the door and opened it , and then I heard excited voices . Everybody seemed to be up but Aunt Selina , and they were all talking at once . Anne Brown was in the corner of the group , waving her hands , while Dallas was trying to hook the back of her gown with one hand and hold a blanket around himself with the other .