ten o'clock
* * * * * While Juve had experienced no difficulty in being present at the Queen 's audience , he found that even Mme. Heberlauf 's influence was not sufficient to procure him an invitation to the ball . As a matter of fact , he had no particular wish to appear in the quality of a guest that evening . He had other plans . * * * * * At ten o'clock a long line of carriages and automobiles began to arrive in the gardens of the Palace . Innumerable electric lights shone out along the drive-way and from the windows . A few persons had managed to slip past the guards and had stationed themselves near the awning at the main entrance to watch the arrival of the guests . Beneath their fur cloaks , the women wore their very finest gowns and their richest jewelry .