ten o'clock before
`` Knowing his disposition as I do , it seems that I could find no better way of rousing his interest in Eleanor . Her love of the violin is a direct inheritance from him , and she may reach his heart through her music . At any rate , it is worth trying . '' After Miss Nevin 's departure Anne and Grace entertained Mrs. Gray with the promised gossip , and it was well toward ten o'clock before they turned their steps toward home . The following week was a busy one . Every spare moment outside school the senior class zealously devoted to the concert . The High School Glee Club was to sing , and the mandolin and guitar club was to give two numbers .