ten o'clock
You know I have n't a particle of sense when I get started . '' She made a little dab at her eyes and took the pin from Blue Bonnet . `` I shall wear it always , _ always _ , '' she managed to say as she pinned it in the lace of her gown , `` and I 'll thank you for it properly at another time . '' At ten o'clock that night , three very tired but wide-awake little Freshmen , who had watched the dance from the gymnasium balcony , climbed the flight of stairs leading to Fifth Avenue , bearing in their arms three bouquets . After the first few dances the girls had thrown the flowers to their outstretched hands and they had been cherished as valuable possessions . `` I 'm going to sprinkle these roses and leave them in Annabel 's bathtub , '' Mary said , stifling a tell-tale yawn . `` And I 'll do the same with Blue Bonnet 's , '' Carita said , following the suggestion .