about eight o'clock in the evening
The children , who , as I told you , knew what was to happen , had prepared a breakfast for these five hundred of their father 's friends . All the tables were spread in the garden behind the house , and Henry desired that all the store rooms should be opened , and that nothing should be spared . After an excellent breakfast , at which the children of the good man waited , the procession marched around to the fine music ; and the workmen , having enjoyed themselves all the morning to their hearts ' content , went to partake of a dinner which the family had provided for them in a large farm house . Here they sang , and laughed , and told stories till about eight o'clock in the evening , when they returned by railway to Hamburg , in a special train which the railroad directors ordered , free of expense , out of respect for Henry . The railroad was behind Henry 's house , and as the workmen passed , they waved their hats and cheered him and the family till they were out of hearing . The picture I had so much admired was a copy of this very picture which the workmen had presented . The original was hung up in Henry 's drawing room , as his most valuable possession .