a quarter to ten
What Mrs. Fike thought has not been handed down . She led Una past a series of closets , each furnished with two straight chairs on either side of a table , a carbon print of a chilly-looking cathedral , and a slice of carpet on which one was rather disappointed not to find the label , `` Bath Mat . '' `` These are the reception-rooms where the girls are allowed to receive callers . _ Any _ time -- up to a quarter to ten , '' Mrs. Fike said . Una decided that they were better fitted for a hair-dressing establishment . The living-room was her first revelation of the Temperance Home as something besides a prison -- as an abiding-place for living , eager , sensitive girls . It was not luxurious , but it had been arranged by some one who made allowance for a weakness for pretty things , even on the part of young females observing the rules in a Christian home .