about five o'clock
It was like a second wedding in her imagination ; and , to complete the resemblance which an entirely new wardrobe made between the two events , her husband brought her back from Manchester , on the last market-day before they set off , a gorgeous pearl and amethyst brooch , saying , ` Lunnon should see that Lancashire folks knew a handsome thing when they saw it . ' For some time after Mr and Mrs Chadwick arrived at the Openshaws ' there was no opportunity for wearing this brooch ; but at length they obtained an order to see Buckingham Palace , and the spirit of loyalty demanded that Mrs Chadwick should wear her best clothes in visiting the abode of her sovereign . On her return she hastily changed her dress ; for Mr Openshaw had planned that they should go to Richmond , drink tea , and return by moonlight . Accordingly , about five o'clock , Mr and Mrs Openshaw and Mr and Mrs Chadwick set off . The housemaid and cook sat below , Norah hardly knew where . She was always engrossed in the nursery in tending her two children , and in sitting by the restless , excitable Ailsie till she fell asleep . By and by the housemaid Bessy tapped gently at the door .