ten o'clock
The five-thirty train had brought not only Dorothy Martin but Mary Ashton as well . Eight o'clock saw them calling on Judith and Jane , along with Adrienne and Ethel . Of the old clan , Norma Bennett alone was absent , a loss which was loudly lamented by all . So swiftly did time fly that the party ended in a mad scurry to comply with the inexorable half-past ten o'clock rule . Jane went to bed that night considerably lighter of heart . Reunion with the girls who were nearest to her had driven the afternoon 's unpleasantness from her thoughts , for the time being at least . The friendly presence of those she loved had proved a powerful antidote .