seven o'clock
Ada 's hair , dark and lifeless in colour , decreased the sullen heaviness of her features ; Pinkey 's , worn up for the first time , was a barbaric crown , shot with rays of copper and gold as it caught the light . `` Yous put the kettle on , an ' git the tea , an ' I 'll be ready in no time , '' said Mrs Yabsley . `` W'en I was your age , I used ter take ` arf a day ter doll meself up , an ' then git down the street with a brass band playin ' inside me silly ` ead ; but now , gim me somethin' new , if it 's only a bit o ' ribbon in me ` at , an ' I feel dressed up ter the knocker . '' At seven o'clock Jonah and Chook arrived . They were dressed in the height of larrikin fashion -- tight-fitting suits of dark cloth , soft black felt hats , and soft white shirts with new black mufflers round their necks in place of collars -- for the larrikin taste in dress runs to a surprising neatness . But their boots were remarkable , fitting like a glove , with high heels and a wonderful ornament of perforated toe-caps and brass eyelet-holes on the uppers . Mrs Yabsley , moved by the solemn occasion , formally introduced Chook and Pinkey .