midnight
That last fib was truly sublime , and the name of Cassabianca pales before that of one who obeyed fraternal commands to the letter , and tried to love his duty , heavy as it was . If , as has been sometimes predicted , England had gone under just then , it might truly have been said , -- Though prince and peer and poet rare Were sunk among the piles , The noblest man who perished there Was faithful W. N -- s . The sight-seeing fever raged fiercely at first , and the flock of Americans went from Windsor Castle to the Tower of London , from Westminster Abbey to Madame Taussaud 's Waxwork Show , with a vigour that appalled the natives . They would visit two or three galleries in the morning , lunch at Dolly 's -LRB- the dark little chop-house which Johnson , Goldsmith , and the other worthies used to frequent in the good old times -RRB- , go to Richmond in the afternoon and dine at the ` Star and Garter , ' or to Greenwich and eat ` white baits fish , ' as the Russian called that celebrated dish , and finish off the evening at some theatre , getting home at midnight , in a procession of two cabs and a hansom . When the first excitement was over , Lavinia and Matilda took a turn at society , having friends in London . Amanda could not conquer her prejudices sufficiently to accompany them , and , falling back on the climate as her excuse , stayed at home and improved her mind . ` I feel now like girls in novels .