ten o'clock
At the first coming of the dawn , however , Raymonde rose with infinite precaution , and stole barefoot along the passage to remove her wire and screws from the oak door . She accomplished that task without discovery , and , after hiding the screw-driver behind a wardrobe , crept back to bed . Nineteen subdued penitents , clothed in mental sackcloth and ashes , went down to breakfast next morning . Their fears were not without foundation , for when Miss Beasley returned at ten o'clock they were summoned to the most unpleasant interview they ever remembered , from which the more soft-hearted of them emerged sobbing . They spent Saturday afternoon in the schoolroom writing punishment tasks , while the monitresses went boating on the river . It was trying to see Daphne and Hermie coming downstairs in their nice white dresses and blue ties , and to know that they themselves were debarred the excursion . They hung about the hall sulkily .