ten o'clock
And now a strange notion seemed to come whizzing at him and he arrested it with a clutch . Why should he not go and dance with Margaret for the last time ? In a moment his mind was made up . And shortly after ten o'clock he found himself being received by Mrs. Medhurst . A half-dizziness came over him as he shook hands with her -- the festal atmosphere that pervaded the rooms seemed to blur his senses . He would have stumbled had it not been that Margaret 's voice fell upon his ear just then , and he became aware that her hand was in his . He saw her , as she stood at her mother 's side , a clear and gracious figure against the mist of things .