ten o'clock
Then she flung herself upon Jael , with wonderful abandon and grace , and kissed her so eagerly that she made poor Jael 's tears flow very fast indeed . She would not let her go back to Cairnhope . Henry remembered about the ball , and made up his mind to go and stand in the road : he might catch a glimpse of her somehow . He told his mother he should not be home to supper ; and to get rid of the time before the ball , he went to the theater : thence , at ten o'clock , to `` Woodbine Villa , '' and soon found himself one of a motley group . Men , women , and children were there to see the company arrive ; and as , among working-people , the idle and the curious are seldom well-to-do , they were rather a scurvy lot , and each satin or muslin belle , brave with flowers and sparkling with gems , had to pass through a little avenue of human beings in soiled fustian , dislocated bonnets , rags , and unwashed faces . Henry got away from this class of spectators , and took up his station right across the road . He leaned against the lamp-post , and watched the drawing-room windows for Grace .