ten o'clock
It was noted presently that he saw Mrs. King to her carriage , and was otherwise regardful of the old folks . Phil had wondered whether Fred Holton would come . She had hoped he would when she asked him at her uncle 's farm , and the formal invitation had been dispatched to R.F.D. 7 as promised . It was ten o'clock when Fred appeared . Phil saw him over her partner 's shoulder talking to Amzi in the hall door , and as she swept by him in the dance she caught his eye . Fred had come late out of sheer timidity , but he had arrived at a moment when the gayety was at its height . His diffidence had been marked even in his college days , and he was unused to gatherings of this kind .