Ten o'clock
`` I want to go over my French verbs . '' `` So do I , '' echoed Grace . `` Let 's study until ten , and then go straight to bed . '' Ten o'clock stretched well toward eleven before Grace put down her text book with a tired little sigh and declared herself too sleepy for further study . It had been arranged that Miriam should occupy the one room of the suite while Grace and Anne were to share the other , which had two beds . The long journey by rail had tired the travelers far more than they would admit . For a few moments , after retiring , conversation flourished between the two rooms , then died away in indistinct murmurs , and the prospective Overton freshmen slept peacefully as though safe in their Oakdale homes .