eleven o'clock
* * * * * The lamentations with which the news of our misfortunes was received were loud and exceeding bitter . Jill burst into tears ; Daphne tried vainly to comfort her , and then followed her example ; Berry and Jonah vied with each other in gloomy cross-examination of Adèle and myself concerning our movements since we had left White Ladies , and in cheerless speculation with regard to the probable whereabouts of our respective treasures . After a hurried meal the Rolls was again requisitioned , and all six of us proceeded to Fallow Hill . Not until eleven o'clock would the fun of the fair be suspended , and it was better to be on the spot , even if for the second time we had to come empty away , than to spend the evening in the torment of inactivity . Of the loss of the Sealyham we could speak more definitely than of that of the necklace . Nobby had been by my side when the gipsy hailed us , so that there was no doubt but that he was lost at the fair . Regarding her pearls , Adèle could speak less positively .