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Lady Carbury just allowed herself to be kissed , and then was left alone . At eight o'clock the next morning daybreak found four young men who had just risen from a card-table at the Beargarden . The Beargarden was so pleasant a club that there was no rule whatsoever as to its being closed , -- the only law being that it should not be opened before three in the afternoon . A sort of sanction had , however , been given to the servants to demur to producing supper or drinks after six in the morning , so that , about eight , unrelieved tobacco began to be too heavy even for juvenile constitutions . The party consisted of Dolly Longestaffe , Lord Grasslough , Miles Grendall , and Felix Carbury , and the four had amused themselves during the last six hours with various innocent games . They had commenced with whist , and had culminated during the last half-hour with blind hookey . But during the whole night Felix had won .