A few minutes before six o'clock
Are you concealing any thing from me ? '' `` Beatrice will tell you , '' he said . And he hurried out of the room . A few minutes before six o'clock Beatrice arrived . Mrs. Bertram had given directions that she was to be sent at once to her private room . Clara had these instructions , and was about to carry them out literally when Catherine and Mabel ran into the hall . They greeted Beatrice with raptures , and Mabel said in an eager voice : `` We have not yet seen you in your bridal dress , Bee .