ten o'clock
Then they arranged a surprise for the Lancian society . Fernanda was to appear that evening without previous announcement at the house of Quiñones . The idea filled them both with childish delight , and after concerting the details , Emilita went off , promising to return and fetch her friend . It was ten o'clock when they both mounted the stone steps , which were as damp as ever , of the large seignorial stairway of the Quiñones . On arriving at the top , Emilita would not let the servant announce them , but opened the door herself , and pushed Fernanda in . She was an apparition calculated to throw all the guests into ecstasies . The daughter of Estrada-Rosa was resplendent in a most elegant dress from one of the first modistes of Paris .