ten o'clock
But of the sixteen girls Nettie Parsons had chosen , not one wanted to play sentinel . Some of them said they would rather not attend the jamboree at all ! The season was far enough advanced for the nights to be cold , and the corridors were not warm after the steam went down . The party was called for ten o'clock . By that time frost would most likely be gathering on the window panes . `` Catch _ me _ bundling up in a fur coat and mittens and stopping out there in that draughty place ! '' cried The Fox , `` while the rest of you are stuffing yourself to repletion in a nice warm room . ''