Ten
o'clock
Again it was Ruthie singing -- `` Sweet Dream Faces '' -- Susan began to sob afresh . She could see Ruth at the piano , how beautiful she looked -- and that song -- it would be impossible for him not to be impressed . She felt the jealousy of despair ... . Ten o'clock -- half-past -- eleven o'clock ! She heard them at the edge of the veranda -- so , at last he was going . She was able to hear their words now : `` You 'll be up for the tennis in the morning ? '' he was saying .