ten o'clock
Nobody ever gives up a chance at a single . '' Betty opened her mouth to tell Nita the sad truth , saw Helen looking at her queerly , and shut it again . It would be time enough for Nita to hear of her good fortune to-morrow . After supper Helen hurried back to her work and Betty joined a merry party on the piazza , went for a moonlight stroll on the campus , helped serenade Dorothy King , and finally , just as the ten o'clock bell was pealing warningly through the halls , rushed in upon Helen in a state of breathless excitement . `` Helen , '' she cried , `` T. Reed 's coming into the Belden and you never told me . '' `` I did n't know till this afternoon . '' `` Then that was the piece of news I saw in your face .