About three o'clock
Mr. Jay , the member for Chatterfield , was likewise there , and paid a good deal of attention , I thought , to the Honourable Miss Dove , a cousin of Miss Pigeon 's . Miss Dove plays very nicely , and sometimes , when the band required rest , she rattled off a waltz in fine style , Mr. Jay most attentively turning the music-leaves . Drinkwater also pointed out to me Miss Stork , the daughter of the Attorney-General , so famous for the length of his bill ; Miss Blaccap , who , they say , sings as sweetly as a Robin-Redbreast ; Lord Bruin , who has just come from a tour in Russia ; the Right Honourable Mr. Ramshead ; and a crowd of folks , more or less known , most of whom _ would _ stand by the doorway and prevent the servants and the fresh air from entering the room . About three o'clock the Countess of Auk 's carriage was summoned , and the company began to retire . Drinkwater and I stood shivering on the stairs full half-an-hour before Lady Goldfinch 's brougham was announced ; and when we reached home , I found I had been fast asleep with my head on Drinkwater 's shoulder . Ten days after Lady Chaffinch 's ball , I was obliged to tear myself away from my kind aunt and my dear cousin , and with only Tom-tit for my companion , to return to this dismal Gorse Bush , which I used to think the sweetest of homes . Now I do nothing but wonder how long it will be before my aunt invites me to London again .