seven o'clock
`` No one shall accuse us of inhospitality . '' `` I wish Mrs. Elwood were here . '' Grace looked worried . `` We must n't stay at Vinton 's later than half-past seven o'clock . There are so many little things to be attended to , as well as the important question of our room . '' Arriving at Vinton 's at exactly half-past six o'clock , they found Arline Thayer and Ruth Denton waiting for them at a table on which were covers laid for six . `` We 've been waiting for ages ! ''