eleven
o'clock
She paused , her gray eyes looking utter affection on the startled group about the table . `` I want you to promise to finish the reunion just as happily as though I were with you . Later , perhaps I can tell you what I may n't tell you now . It is not yet eleven o'clock , so I am sure I can catch the noon express . '' Grace 's remarkable announcement drove the business of letter-writing to the winds . A bevy of sympathetic girls gathered about her , sending up a concerted lament . Yet none ventured to inquire into the cause of her departure , or to ask her to reconsider her decision to depart at once .