ten o'clock
Then after supper , Dolly put a fine lace tucker over the edging at the neck of her frock , and found a blue sash , and curled her hair so as to make it all wavy at the edge of her forehead ; and there was a very sweet , attractive girl , if she was n't a beauty . Mr. Theodore Whitney seemed very much amused and pleased , and politely inquired if he might be Miss Underhill 's escort . Delia looked unusually nice in her new brown silk and some beautiful old lace Aunt Clem had given her . People did not wait until ten o'clock for `` functions '' to begin ; neither did they give them that uneuphonious name . Hanny had read and heard a good deal since her first visit to genius in the plain , poor , little cottage ; and this certainly had more of the true aspect one connects with poesy . The two rooms were daintily furnished ; pictures everywhere . Mr. Osgood was a painter , and his portraits were quite celebrated .