ten o'clock
But Cally had had four days to put her house in order ; and she felt that she would have waked almost happy to-day , but for this stranger cloud that still hung so dark upon the horizon ... . It was such a day as October in this climate brings week on week , gloriously golden . Cally breakfasted in bed . Toward ten o'clock , as she was slowly dressing with the maid 's assistance , word came that her mother desired her presence in the administrative bedroom below . `` Very well , Annie , '' said the girl , listlessly . `` I 'll be down in a few minutes . '' The message came as something of a surprise , though a disciplinary intent was easily surmised behind it .