About ten o'clock
Life would then be full and she would be the happiest woman in the world . She asked her father at the breakfast table to send her , at once , any letters that might come for her in his mail . `` I am sure there will be one from Ian , '' she said , `` and , dear Father , it hurts me to keep it waiting . '' About ten o'clock , Mrs. Beaton called and brought Thora a very handsome ring from Maximus Grant and a bracelet from herself . She stayed to lunch with the Ragnors and after the meal was over , they went upstairs to look at the wedding dress . `` I want to see it on you , Thora , '' said Mrs. Beaton , `` I shall have a wedding dress to buy for my niece soon and I would like to know what kind of a fit Mrs. Scott achieves . '' So Thora put on the dress , and Mrs. Beaton admitted that it `` fit like a glove '' and that she should insist on her niece Helen going to Mrs. Scott .