five o'clock
When Evelyn descended to the dining-room she found that most of the girls had eaten breakfast and gone off to chapel . Happening to recall that she had not attended the morning services for a week , and with visions of her unsigned chapel card staring her in the face , she ate a hurried breakfast and was about to depart when her eyes happened to rest upon the bulletin board in the hall around which were gathered several girls . Pausing , Evelyn read Grace 's notice . It asked the members of Harlowe House to be in the living room at five o'clock that afternoon for the discussion of a most important subject . `` I wonder what it is , '' said Nettie Weyburn , lively curiosity overspreading her usually placid face . `` I think I know , '' volunteered Mary Reynolds . `` Miss Harlowe was telling me only last night that she wishes to organize a club of just Harlowe House girls , with a president and other officers .