midnight
I was not , however , quite in the mood to enjoy his sprightliness ; but whatever I wanted in gaiety was amply made up in the triumphant and gracious good-humour of my mother , whose smiles of benevolence and exultation were showered around as bountifully as the summer sunshine . I will not weary you with unnecessary prolixity . Let it suffice to say , that I was married to Lord Glenfallen with all the attendant pomp and circumstance of wealth , rank , and grandeur . According to the usage of the times , now humanely reformed , the ceremony was made , until long past midnight , the season of wild , uproarious , and promiscuous feasting and revelry . Of all this I have a painfully vivid recollection , and particularly of the little annoyances inflicted upon me by the dull and coarse jokes of the wits and wags who abound in all such places , and upon all such occasions . I was not sorry when , after a few days , Lord Glenfallen 's carriage appeared at the door to convey us both from Ashtown ; for any change would have been a relief from the irksomeness of ceremonial and formality which the visits received in honour of my newly-acquired titles hourly entailed upon me . It was arranged that we were to proceed to Cahergillagh , one of the Glenfallen estates , lying , however , in a southern county , so that , owing to the difficulty of the roads at the time , a tedious journey of three days intervened .