night about ten o'clock
`` Then it is settled , '' says Dempster , snatching up his hat . `` I will be on hand . So good-morning ! '' Dear sisters : -- That night about ten o'clock , three of the funniest-looking people you ever set eyes on might have been seen creeping -- like black , and pink , and yellow ghosts -- down Cousin Dempster 's front steps . I had on a long yellow cloak , trimmed with black velvet , that just swept down to my feet and covered them up . Then over my face was a black velvet mask , with gold fringe , that swept down to my bosom like an old man 's beard , and over that my hood was pulled so close that not a lock of my hair could be seen . Cousin E. E. wore a pink cloak , trimmed with white swan 's - down , and her mask shone like silver .