six o'clock
Three cheers for the first mate of the ` Jolly Susan ! ' '' The two of them went arm in arm down to the Captain 's room . Judith told her story but so modestly and so simply that Eleanor forgot the necessity of `` keeping a fifth-form new girl in her place . '' The six o'clock dressing-bell rang before they could do more than decide to have a formal prefects ' meeting at which they would confront Genevieve with the letter . `` She 'll confess , of course , right away , '' whispered Catherine scornfully to Judith as they went down to tea ; `` she 's that sort . '' And this proved to be a true prophecy . Confronted by the prefects , sitting like judges at their study table , Genevieve turned pale and looked unmistakably guilty , and when Eleanor said in her sternest voice : `` You were seen putting this letter , which you addressed to yourself , in the letter-box , '' Genevieve made no denials ; she broke down and confessed to all four letters .