ten o'clock
There she spent the hour , busily engaged in making out a new list of toasts , that should avoid all mention of the objectionable story . `` But they must have some point , '' reflected Jean , sadly , as she ran her pen through `` My Story and How I Wrote It , '' and `` The Rewards of Literature '' and `` Our Rising Young Novelist , '' which she had intended for herself and Kate Denise . `` Bother Eleanor 's tantrums ! '' muttered Jean , as the ten o'clock gong rang , and she picked up her books and hurried off to recite a French lesson that , because of Eleanor 's `` tantrums , '' she had not learned . And for Betty Wales Eleanor 's election to the Dramatic Club also brought disappointment . She had hoped that once Eleanor 's ambition was gratified and all her hard work and careful planning rewarded , the anxious lines would leave her face and the sweeter , softer expression that she had worn in September would come back . But though Eleanor professed the greatest pleasure in the election , it did not seem to make her any less haughty or capricious , or any better content with life .