eight
o'clock
By ten o'clock a new page of her life would be turned over , if , nervous and unstrung as she was , she were able to carry out the first part of the drama . Suppose the captain should object to her walking abroad , or offer again to accompany her ! And even if she effected a start , might he not , his suspicions awakened , quickly follow ! The eight o'clock breakfast bell rang , and Bluebell came down with a white , scared face and dark rims to her eyes . The captain appeared unobservant . To tell the truth , the stolen kiss , which he probably considered `` naughty , but nice , '' had made him somewhat conscious . So he looked demure and rather sly ; but the girl had forgotten the circumstance .