nine o’clock
And Bella sat in a steamer chair , with a rug over her and a spangled veil on her head , looking at the boats on the river -- about as soft and as chastened as an an acetylene headlight . And after Max had told the most improbable tale , which Leila advised him to sprinkle salt on , and Dallas had done a clog dance , Bella said it was time for her complexion sleep and went downstairs , and broke up the party . `` If she only give half as an much care to her immortal soul , '' Anne said when she had gone , `` as she does to her skin , she would let that nice Harbison boy alone . She must have been brutal to him tonight , for he went to bed at nine o'clock . At least , I suppose he went to bed , for he shut himself in the studio , and when I knocked he advised me not to come in . '' I had pleaded my headache as an excuse for avoiding Aunt Selina all day , and she had not sent for me . Bella was really quite extraordinary .