half past ten
says I. `` ` No , ' says she , smilin ' and radiant . ` It 's a little early for him yet , I guess . ' `` I went off to ` tend to the boarders . At half past ten , when I made the back steps again , she was still there . T'other servants was peekin ' out of the kitchen windows , grinnin ' and passin ' remarks . `` ` Hello ! ' I calls out .