half after four
Mrs. Horton , indeed , retired to her chamber at two , and left the gentlemen to a more serious discourse ; but a discourse still less advantageous to poor Miss Milner . She , during this time , was at the scene of pleasure she had painted to herself , and all the pleasure it gave her was , that she was sure she should never desire to go to a masquerade again . Its crowd and bustle fatigued her -- its freedom offended her delicacy -- and though she perceived that she was the first object of admiration in the place , yet there was one person still wanting to admire ; and the remorse at having transgressed his injunctions for so trivial an entertainment , weighed upon her spirits , and added to its weariness . She would have come away sooner than she did , but she could not , with any degree of good manners , leave the company with whom she went ; and not till half after four , were they prevailed on to return . Daylight just peeped through the shutters of the room in which Lord Elmwood and Sandford were sitting , when the sound of her carriage , and the sudden stop it made at the door , caused Lord Elmwood to start from his chair . He trembled extremely , and looked pale . Sandford was ashamed to seem to notice it , yet he could not help asking him , `` To take a glass of wine . ''