noon
By the date of Rebekah 's pilgrimage Hogarth had so far failed and yielded , as almost to decide that from the _ Boodah _ nothing could be done , unless he went to the extent of ruining and starving . The other alternative was the fixing upon one nation , becoming its recognized ruler , and there furnishing an example both of _ modus operandi _ , and of a subsequent state of happiness , which others could not long refrain from imitating . But this modification was still in the air ; and , meanwhile , he listened , weighed , revolved : using men , impressing , convincing , extracting for his use the wisdom of their experience , estimating the exact pressure of the Time , the _ timbre _ of its roar . So on the morning after Rebekah 's arrival his Gold Stick became his rack from the moment of the bow from the throne till noon : name after name -- cordons , orders , gold-lace , sashes , stars , tiaras ; till enter the four Jewesses , the bank-manager , the rabbi , Hogarth 's pallor showing up his three moles and nose-freckles , adding a glare to his eyes , he suffering from the runaway drumming of his heart . The ladies stoop through curtseys ; the men do reverence ; Hogarth bows . There like a Begum of Bhopal stood Rebekah , floridly reflected in the glassy floor , sallow under the eyes , smiling at him , he at her ; and very quickly now , she once in his sight , he recovered comparative calm , and the strength of his heart . `` Your first visit to the _ Boodah _ , I think ? ''