two o'clock
Tell me , then , what is your scheme ? '' `` You know that on the 12th of this month a Serious Fancy Fair is to be held in my grounds . Not only will all the rank and fashion of the county assemble on the occasion , but my park-gates will be open likewise to the people . At two o'clock a very splendid collation will be ready in five of my saloons ; and it is after the company have risen and left the tables to resort once more to the booths , in order to assist in the disposal of the remaining articles , that I shall permit every servant in my establishment to leave the mansion , and repair to witness the busy and impressive scene in the booths . It will be a very impressive scene , cousin Stephen , for I shall myself pronounce a blessing upon the assembled crowd . From this I fear , my dear Stephen , that you must on this occasion absent yourself ; but be assured , that as I speak those words of power , I will remember you . `` When you shall see a rush of my hired servants pour forth from my mansion upon my lawns , it is then that I shall counsel you to retire , enter the house by the library windows , and if questioned , say you are sent there on an errand by me .