two o'clock
At her first paper , however , she cheered up a little . It was easier than she had expected , and though one or two questions were beyond her , the rest were well within her capacity . Her new pen flew over the sheets of foolscap , and if she was too nervous to do herself full justice she at least acquitted herself with credit . The time-table only allowed an hour between one and two o'clock for lunch , which was provided for the candidates in a room at the Town Hall . Gwen anxiously compared notes with Elspeth , Edith , Louise , and Betty , as they hastily demolished plates of beef sandwiches and drank tumblers of lemonade . On the whole she had done as well or even better than they , and she began to cherish hopes . As the week went on , Gwen , though not daring to be too sanguine , could not help feeling that her papers had reached a fair standard even in her weakest subjects .