ten o'clock
After breakfast she mentioned rather timidly that she expected a call from Constance and little Charlie . Mary received the statement with an apparent docility that brought welcome relief to Marjorie . She was not sure of her chum on this one point . When Constance and Charlie arrived at a little after ten o'clock , burdened with gaily decked bundles , Marjorie 's fears were set at rest . To be sure , Mary showed no enthusiasm over Constance , but Charlie was a different matter . She had conceived a strange , deep love for the quaint little boy and spared no pains to entertain him . While she was putting Marjorie 's beautiful angora cat , Ruffle , through a series of cunning little tricks , which he performed with sleepy indolence , Marjorie managed to say to Constance , `` I ca n't come to see you to-night , Connie .