eight until ten
o'clock
Then she returned to the house a much wiser woman than she had left it an hour earlier . Several days had passed since the riding lesson . It was Saturday evening and study period , which began at five and lasted until six-thirty , was ended . Dinner was served at seven on Saturdays and from eight until ten o'clock the girls were perfectly free . A group was gathered in Stella Drummond 's big room and preparations for a fudge party , after the hearty dinner had `` somewhat shaken down , '' were under way . Stella 's chafing dish was the most up-to-date one in the school , and Stella 's larder more bountifully supplied than the other girls . Indeed , Stella never lacked for anything so far as the others could discover and had a more liberal supply of pocket money than is generally allowed .