nine o'clock
The absent members of the committee having arrived , the seven girls held a meeting on Thursday evening in Marjorie 's room , dividing the trains to be met among them . Marjorie and Jerry were to be reinforced by Leila and Vera . The others had also certain friends among the sophs , juniors and seniors who could be relied upon to help them . Marjorie and Jerry having been detailed to meet the ten-twenty train from the west each morning , Vera and Leila never failed to be on hand with their cars by nine o'clock . This permitted of a delightful spin in the fresh air over the many picturesque drives in the vicinity of Hamilton College . Always punctual , Leila never failed to get them to the station in plenty of time for the train . Driving into the station yard on this particular Friday morning , the sight of a line of shining automobiles caused them to blink in momentary astonishment .