midnight
There was no happier girl in Wellington one morning than Nance Oldham , and all because she had been invited to the Thanksgiving dance at Exmoor College . Nance had never been to a real dance in her life , except a `` shirtwaist '' party at the seashore , where she had been a hopeless wallflower because she had known only one man in the room -- her father . Now , there was no chance of being a wallflower at Exmoor , where a girl 's card was made out beforehand , and she had that warm glow of predestined success from the very beginning of the festivity . Molly and Judy were also invited and the girls were to go over to Exmoor on the 6.45 trolley with Dr. and Mrs. McLean and return on the 10.45 trolley , permission having been granted them to stay up until midnight . Three other Wellington girls were bound for the dance on the same car . A young teacher chaperoned this little company , of which Judith Blount was one . `` I wonder that Judith Blount can make up her mind to go to a dance , '' Judy Kean remarked to Molly .