seven o'clock
You and I will have many more seasons of it , together . '' `` I wish we might , '' returned Emma , but a curious wistfulness crept into her eyes that Grace failed to note . The two friends talked on until dinner time and went downstairs together , arm in arm . After dinner Emma pleaded an engagement with Miss Duncan , Grace 's former teacher of English , and left the house at a little after seven o'clock . Grace slipped into her little office and seated herself at her desk . How glad she was that all was well again . Yes , she and Emma would , indeed , spend many more seasons together .