nine P.M
Only I did think that I was a pretty good judge of riding . '' Then Tifto again settled down into silence . But though much money had been lost , and a great deal of disappointment had to be endured by our party in reference to the Derby , the most injurious and most deplorable event in the day 's history had not occurred yet . Dinner had been ordered at the Beargarden at seven , -- an hour earlier than would have been named had it not been that Lord Gerald must be at the Eastern Counties Railway Station at nine P.M. . An hour and a half for dinner and a cigar afterwards , and half an hour to get to the railway station would not be more than time enough . But of all men alive Dolly Longstaff was the most unpunctual . He did not arrive till eight .