eight o'clock
`` A choir of Dryads and Naiads , assembled at the healing spring of St. Ronan 's , have learned with surprise that a youth , gifted by Apollo , when the Deity was prodigal , with two of his most esteemed endowments , wanders at will among their domains , frequenting grove and river , without once dreaming of paying homage to its tutelary deities . He is , therefore , summoned to their presence , and prompt obedience will insure him forgiveness ; but in case of contumacy , let him beware how he again essays either the lyre or the pallet . '' _ Postscript . _ The adorable Penelope , long enrolled among the Goddesses for her beauty and virtues , gives Nectar and Ambrosia , which mortals call tea and cake , at the Public Rooms , near the Sacred Spring , on Thursday evening , at eight o'clock , when the Muses never fail to attend . The stranger 's presence is requested to participate in the delights of the evening . '' _ Second Postscript . _ A shepherd , ambitiously aiming at more accommodation than his narrow cot affords , leaves it in a day or two .