Quarter to eight
Betty Wales sat down on the one small bare spot on the floor of her new room at the Belden House , and looked about her with a sigh of mingled relief and weariness . `` Well , '' she remarked to the little green lizard , who was perched jauntily on a pile of pillows , `` anyhow the things are all out of the trunks and boxes , and I suppose after a while they 'll get into their right places . '' She looked at her watch . Quarter to eight , -- that left just about two hours before ten o'clock . Somebody rapped on the door . `` Come in , '' sang Betty . It was Eleanor Watson .