About twelve o'clock
By eleven o'clock every one who could walk had come to the spring-house . Even Mr. Jennings came down in a wheeled chair , and Senator Biggs , still looking a sort of grass-green and keeping his eyes off me , came and sat in a corner , with a book called Fast versus Feast held so that every one could see . There were bridge tables going , and five hundred , and a group around the slot-machine , while the crocheters formed a crowd by themselves , exchanging gossip and new stitches . About twelve o'clock Mr. Thoburn came in , and as he opened the door , in leaped Arabella . The women made a fuss over the creature and cuddled her , and when I tried to put her out everybody objected . So she stayed , and Miss Summers put her through a lot of tricks , while the men crowded around . As I said before , Miss Summers was a first favorite with the men .