eleven o'clock
`` I believe in preparedness . ` In times of peace prepare for war , ' you know . With such a valiant army under my command I could do wonders if attacked by the enemy . '' After dinner they all repaired to the living room , where the discussion of the all-important subject was continued , and when at eleven o'clock two sleepy , but blissfully happy , lieutenants climbed the stairs to bed , Mary Raymond lacked nothing except actual adoption papers , signed and sealed , to admit her into the Deans ' hospitable fold . Yet there was one tiny drawback to Mary 's joy . Try as she might she could not forget Constance Stevens and Marjorie 's too evident fondness for her . From Marjorie 's early letters she had formed the conclusion that Constance was merely a poor nobody , whom her chum , with her usual spirit of generosity had tried to befriend .