ten o'clock before
The unmasking is over long ago . If you 're asked any questions simply say we had a dinner engagement before the dance ; that we thought it fun to dress in costume but did not care to mask . Now remember , that _ goes _ . '' It was half-past ten o'clock before the entire eighteen gathered in Leslie 's room . Both Natalie 's and Dulcie 's facial disfigurements were such as to prevent their attendance of the dance . Leslie laughed outright at sight of Dulcie . `` You _ are _ pretty , '' she jeered .