about
eight o'clock
Fur capes over their best dresses and snow boots over their slippers . Those little black satin bags hold their work , and I expect they have each a handkerchief edged with Honiton lace and scented with White Rose . Probably they are going to Mrs. Henderson 's . She gives wonderful teas , and they will be taken to a bedroom to take off their outer coverings , and they 'll stay till about eight o'clock and then go home to supper . '' Lord Bidborough laughed . `` I begin to see what Pam means when she talks of the lovableness of a little town . It is cosy , as she says , to see people go out to tea and know exactly where they are going , and what they 'll do when they get there . ''