ten o'clock
On the first of these occasions the Reverend Mr. Kendall , having just completed a sermon dealing with the war and , being full of his subject , read the said sermon to his daughter and to Albert . The reading itself lasted for three-quarters of an hour and Mr. Kendall 's post-argument and general dissertation on German perfidy another hour after that . By that time it was late and Albert went home . The second call was even worse , for Ed Raymond called also and the two young men glowered at each other until ten o'clock . They might have continued to glower indefinitely , for neither meant to leave before the other , but Helen announced that she had some home-study papers to look over and she knew they would excuse her under the circumstances . On that hint they departed simultaneously , separating at the gate and walking with deliberate dignity in opposite directions . At his third attempt , however , Albert was successful to the extent that Helen was alone when he called and there was no school work to interrupt .