about eight o'clock
The contents of the message could have been read to all the world without exciting comment -- it was so brotherly . But Polly felt that it was a private welcome to her and so it was not to be shared with others . The wireless said that Tom and Polly 's dear friends who were in New York , had been invited on board Mr. Dalken 's yacht , to visit the quarantined steamer that evening . That they would arrive about eight o'clock , having secured passes from the Inspector at Quarantine . Although this explanation about Polly and her associates took time for _ us _ , it did not interrupt the lively banter between the five girls . Dorothy was now certain that Polly had a real beau , somewhere , and being so very candid and talkative herself , she admired the reticence displayed by Polly in keeping the affairs of her heart to herself . Dodo whispered back to Eleanor : `` Dear me !