the hour of seven to
eight in the evening
`` He never came back ! '' `` And I thought all along that Miss Phillips did n't care ! '' Marjorie made the remark softly , almost as if she were talking to herself instead of to Lily , as the girls sat together in their room crocheting after supper . All the Scouts had pledged the hour of seven to eight in the evening , unless something unusual was going on , to work for the bazaar . `` Did n't care about what ? '' asked Lily . `` Men ? ''