ten o'clock
She went out by the window and ran down the drive to the spot where she had left Miranda 's car half-way between the lodge and the house . The gates had been set open that night against the return of the party from Harrel . Joan drove back again under the great over-arching trees of the road . It was just ten o'clock when she slipped into the ball-room and was claimed by a neighbour for a dance . Martin Hillyard crammed a year 's enjoyment into the early hours of that night . He danced a great deal and had supper a good many times ; and even the girl who had passed the season of 1914 in London and said languidly , `` Tell me more , '' before he had opened his mouth , failed to ruffle his enjoyment . `` If I did , you would scream for your mother , '' he replied , `` and I should be turned out of the house and Sir Chichester would lose his position in the county .