eleven o'clock
`` You have n't got enough sense to understand . I wish I had n't told you a word about it , '' and she turned her back upon her chum and refused to say another word . Cora , daring for once to be angry in her turn , left the room , and Linda soon forgot her in gloating over the fright she was plotting for Nan . The next morning after the eleven o'clock recitation had begun , Linda made a pretext for leaving the room . She slipped down into the basement and then came back to her seat to await developments . Meanwhile , the well-ordered routine of Lakeview Hall was proceeding as usual . The hands of the great clock in the English recitation room pointed to a quarter of twelve , and sidelong looks were being cast at it in pleasurable anticipation of the noon hour .