ten o'clock
`` No-o , I suppose it is n't , '' Susan said uncertainly . `` I -- I do n't see why it should be ! '' And she seemed to feel her horizon broadening as she spoke . She and Billy did not leave until ten o'clock , fare-wells , as always , were hurried , but Josephine found time to ask Susan to be her bridesmaid , Betsey pleaded for a long visit after the wedding , `` we 'll simply die without Jo ! '' and Anna , with her serious kiss , whispered , `` Stand by us , Sue -- it 's going to break Mother 's heart to have her go so far away ! '' Susan could speak of nothing but Josephine 's happiness for awhile , when she and Billy were on the boat . They had the dark upper deck almost to themselves , lights twinkled everywhere about them , on the black waters of the bay .