midnight
It 's because she 's so popular , I suppose . '' Then to Rose , still fussing with her hair before the mirror , came the dawn of an idea . It would be hard to do anything to hurt Billie herself , for , whatever her faults , Rose was not a sneak . But she might make use of Amanda -- It was several days later -- the day that had been set for the greatest of all adventures , a midnight feast in the dormitory . It was Billie who had arranged it all , and although the feast itself was by no means a new idea , she had thought up something to make it a little more interesting and daring . Each girl had been instructed to learn some little piece or poem which she was to recite on the great occasion . Some of the girls protested on the ground that they were poor at memorizing , but Billie had been firm .