Twelve o'clock
Just how proud they were of the marked attention he showed to each I 'll leave it to some other girls to guess . He danced with them , took them to supper , sought out the greatest delicacies for them , and played the gallant as though he were but twenty instead of forty-two . `` He treated us just as though we were the big girls , '' they said , when holding forth upon the subject the next day . Twelve o'clock came all too soon . Mr. Reeve remained over night , and the following day found an opportunity to have a long talk with Miss Preston -- a talk which afforded him great satisfaction for many reasons . Toinette , with several of the other girls , escorted him to the train , and gave him a most enthusiastic `` send-off . '' In the course of a few days a package was delivered at the school .