ten
o'clock
She never forgot them . She urged her guests into every dance with almost physical force ; she felt for the girls who did not dance a nervous pity . Ida and May came in : neither danced , nor was urged to dance . They went home at ten o'clock . It was immediately afterward that Rodney came with his friend . Martie met them in the hall , ready for the intimate word , the smile that should make all this tiresome business of lights and piano and sandwiches worth while . Rodney was a little flushed and noisy , Alvah red-faced , breathing and speaking a little thickly .