ten o'clock
For that was the day she would likely be leaving for her summer vacation . And who knew whether she would come back or not ? So he watched Lawyer Ed 's joyous preparations for the Old Boys ' visit , without much interest , little thinking it was to be of more moment to him than to any one else in Algonquin . Early in the morning of the first of July the rain came pouring down , but the clouds cleared away before ten o'clock , leaving the little town fresh and green and glowing after its bath . Everything was dressed in its best for the visitors . The gardens were in their brightest summer decorations . The June roses and peonies were not yet gone , and the syringa bushes and jessamine trees were all a-bloom .