about five o'clock
She had not spoken to anyone of the little scene which had occurred between the four walls of the little schoolroom : on the contrary she had spoken loudly of both the bridegroom 's and the bride 's cordiality to her during the banquet . `` Elsa wanted me to go to the dancing this evening , '' she said casually , `` but I thought you would all miss me . I did n't want this place to be dull just because half the village is enjoying itself somewhere else . '' It had been market day at Arad , and at about five o'clock Klara and her father became very busy . Cattle-dealers and pig-merchants , travellers and pedlars , dropped in for a glass of silvorium and a chat with the good-looking Jewess . More than one bargain , discussed on the marketplace of Arad , was concluded in the stuffy tap-room of Marosfalva . `` Shall we be honoured by the young Count 's presence later on ? ''