ten o'clock
She had consented . But her promise had not convinced Ralph , and he said , referring to the duck which they had both been watching : ` I shall dangle round you for a time , and when I come too near you 'll chase me away until at last you 'll make up your mind that you can stand it no longer , and will refuse ever to see me again . ' She had had a rough passage : sea sickness still haunted in her , she was pale with fatigue , and her eyes longed for sleep . But Elsie and Cissy were coming to take her to the studio at ten o'clock . So she asked to be called at nine , and she got up when she was called . The gilt clock was striking ten in the empty drawing-room when she entered . ` I did n't expect her to get up at six to receive me , but she might be up at ten , I think .