ten o'clock
`` That is the funniest farce you boys have ever given , '' laughed Mrs. Gray , as Hippy removed his mask with a loud sigh of relief and wiped his perspiring forehead with it . `` You will be a playwright some day , Hippy . '' `` I 'd rather be a brakeman , '' persisted Hippy with his Cheshire cat grin . It was half-past ten o'clock when the last good night had been said and the young people were on their way home . As the Nesbit residence was so near Mrs. Gray 's home , Miriam was escorted to her door by a merry body guard . At Putnam Square the little company halted for a moment before separating , Nora , Jessica , Hippy and Reddy going in one direction , Grace , Anne , Tom and David in the other . `` Are you coming down to the train to-morrow morning to see us off ? ''