eleven o'clock
From that the conversation drifted back to Overton College , always a fruitful topic for discussion . It was truly a heart-to-heart talk . Because of the perfect fellowship that existed among them , they could look back and speak frankly not only of their lighter hours , but also of the graver moments when the struggle to reach their aims had seemed well-nigh impossible . Half-past eleven o'clock found them still lingering on the veranda , the incessant murmur of their busy voices proclaiming their mutual satisfaction in being together once more . When at last a voluble procession wended its way upstairs to bed , the usual amount of visiting between rooms was carried on with the old-time fervor of college days . `` It 's exactly like old times , '' declared Elfreda to Miriam . `` Here we are , you and I , rooming together again just as we did at Overton .