Eight o'clock
Despite the unpropitious events of the afternoon , evening saw a merry little party in full swing in Judith 's and Jane 's room . Barbara Temple and Christine Ellis came over from Argyle Hall . The five-thirty train had brought not only Dorothy Martin but Mary Ashton as well . Eight o'clock saw them calling on Judith and Jane , along with Adrienne and Ethel . Of the old clan , Norma Bennett alone was absent , a loss which was loudly lamented by all . So swiftly did time fly that the party ended in a mad scurry to comply with the inexorable half-past ten o'clock rule . Jane went to bed that night considerably lighter of heart .