ten o'clock
The enmity has always been veiled with much courtesy ; and I would have him see that we know how to entertain . '' I watched her covertly ; I could detect no sign of interest . Presently she took up the volume of Landor and read aloud to me , the stately English sounding oddly with her Spanish accent . At ten o'clock the large sala of the Governor 's house was thronged with guests , and the music of the flute , harp , and guitar floated through the open windows : the musicians sat on the corridor . How harmonious was the Monterey ball-room of that day ! -- the women in their white gowns of every rich material , the men in white trousers , black silk jackets , and low morocco shoes ; no color except in the jewels and the rich Southern faces . The bare ugly sala , from which the uglier furniture had been removed , needed no ornaments with that moving beauty ; and even the coffee-colored , high-stomached old people were picturesque .