ten o'clock
`` You should not wear your heart on your sleeve , '' she told him briskly , as they followed Helen Cameron toward the veranda . The two girls from the moving picture camp passed a pleasant evening with their New York friends . The Copley girls always managed to gather , Helen declared , `` perfectly splendid house parties ; '' and they had brought with them several companionable girls and young men . Music and dancing filled the evening , and it was ten o'clock when the two chums from Cheslow sought their motor-boat and set out for the camp on the Chippewa Bay island . Chess Copley had kept by Ruth 's side almost all the evening , and although Helen treated him so cavalierly , she seemed provoked at her chum for paying the young man so much attention . `` I do n't understand what you see in Chess , '' she said in a vexed tone to the girl of the Red Mill . `` He 's nothing much . ''