eleven o'clock
it was -- But I am anticipating . The discipline at Westville Seminary had been shockingly lax since the long illness of the principal had left the easy-going first assistant teacher at the head of affairs . The girls ran all over the rules , -- had private theatricals , suppers , and games of all sorts in their rooms at all hours of day or night . In the course of the evening whose events in another sphere of life have been narrated , several girls called at Lina Maynard 's room to notify her of the `` spread '' at Nell Barber 's , No. 49 , at eleven o'clock . They found her sitting in a low rocking-chair , with an open letter in her hand and a very pensive , discontented expression of countenance . `` Does he press for an answer , Lina ? We 're just in time to advise you , '' cried Nell Barber .