ten o'clock
To-morrow would decide her election as teacher , and , as the committee would be present at her examination -LRB- which was to be more than usually minute in view of her application -RRB- , she looked forward impatiently to this occasion . Morning dawned , and she hailed it gladly ; breakfast came , and she took hers alone ; the doctor had already gone out for the day . This was not an unusual occurrence , yet this morning she noted it particularly . At ten o'clock the academy was crowded with visitors , and the commissioners and teachers were formidably arrayed on the platform raised for this purpose . The examination began ; Greek and Latin classes were carefully questioned , and called on to parse and scan to a tiresome extent ; then came mathematical demonstrations . Every conceivable variety of lines and angles adorned the blackboards ; and next in succession were classes in rhetoric and natural history . There was a tediousness in the examinations incident to such occasions , and , as repeated inquiries were propounded , Beulah rejoiced at the prospect of release .