ten o'clock
`` Nan Sherwood , I command you to open this door . '' In overwhelming consternation the girls rose to their feet , and Nan unlocked and opened the door . Quivering with anger and outraged dignity , Mrs. Cupp swept the room with flashing eyes . `` You will go to your rooms , young ladies , and you will all report at Dr. Prescott 's room to-morrow morning at ten o'clock , '' she decreed , and , turning , moved majestically down the corridor , leaving black consternation behind her . `` Now , we are in for it ! '' gasped Rhoda , as the sound of footsteps died away . Too overwhelmed to say another word , the others slipped away to their rooms .