About ten o'clock
` Do n't touch me , ' said Olive , attempting to rise ; but the moment she put her right foot to the ground she shrieked with pain , and fell again . ` Well , if you are going to take it in that way , you may remain where you are , and I ca n't go and ring them up at Brookfield . I do n't think there will be much eloping done to-night , so farewell . ' About ten o'clock on the night of Olive 's elopement , Alice knocked tremblingly at her mother 's door . ` Mother , ' she said , ` Olive is not in her room , nor yet in the house ; I have looked for her everywhere . ' ` She is downstairs with her father in the studio , ' said Mrs. Barton ; and , signing to her daughter to be silent , she led her out of hearing of Barnes , who was folding and putting some dresses away in the wardrobe . ` I have been down to the studio , ' Alice replied in a whisper .