eight o'clock
`` Oh , I know now whom it 's all about , '' cried Nora gleefully . `` Mary Stevens . '' `` You have guessed it , '' said Grace , `` but , like yourself , I decline to talk until to-night . '' Before eight o'clock the seven girls had taken possession of the Bright 's big , comfortable sitting room and were impatiently waiting for Grace to tell her news . `` Before I tell you what is on my mind , '' said Grace , `` we ought to have a president , vice president and secretary for this worthy organization . I move therefore that we choose Miriam Nesbit for president of this sorority . Those in favor say ` aye . '