twenty minutes to one
She felt a trifle ashamed of herself and decided that she would ask her chum to forgive her and allow her to put her wraps in Marjorie 's locker again . At the close of the session she made a hasty excuse to Mignon , seized her belongings and hurrying out of the building , took up her stand across the street . When at twenty minutes past twelve Marjorie did not appear , her good resolutions took wing , and sulkily setting her face toward home , Mary left the school and the chance for reconciliation behind , and angrily went her way alone , thus widening the gap that already yawned between herself and Marjorie . It was twenty minutes to one when the latter ran up the steps of her home in an almost cheerful frame of mind . The hall door yielded to her touch and she rushed into the hall , her clear call of `` Mary ! '' re-echoing through the quiet house . `` I 'll be down in a minute , '' answered a cold voice from the head of the stairs .