nine o'clock
It is eight o'clock and we have n't made a start yet . We had better wrap the presents in two large packages . I will ask Mrs. Elwood for some wrapping paper , and we 'll bring the suit case up here . '' It was almost nine o'clock when Grace and Arline descended the steps of Wayne Hall with mystery written on their faces . Each girl carried an unwieldy bundle . In the center of Grace 's bundle , securely wrapped in fold after fold of tissue paper , was a little box . It contained one hundred and fifteen dollars in bills .