ten o'clock
Bowles had a bow and a smile for each of the guests . `` My missus is right glad to sees you -- she is . Be a heap o ' dancin ' did to-night , '' he would say , as he bowed the guests into the hall . At ten o'clock the brilliantly-lighted parlors were filled , and presented the appearance of a garden of flowers variously colored . There were merry , laughing voices , graceful forms , young and happy faces , forming the light and shade of the picture presented to the eye . The ponderous figure of Mrs. Chapman formed a sort of central object . The lady was indeed got up in a gorgeous style of dress , for she wore all the colors of the rainbow , without their blending , had flounces nearly to her waist , giving her the appearance of an half-inflated balloon ; and she had made a very flower-basket of her head .