a quarter to eleven
What a pity if they were , for then I shall not like balls , ' was all the thought that she had leisure to bestow on her own share in the night 's diversions , as through the subsequent hours she dozed and dreamt , and mused and slept again , with the feverish limbs and cramp-tormented feet of one new to balls ; sometimes teased by entangling fishing flies , sometimes interminably detained in the moonlight , sometimes with Miss Fennimore waiting for an exercise , and the words not to be found in the dictionary ; and even this unpleasant counterfeit of sleep deserting her after her usual time for waking , and leaving her to construct various fabrics of possibilities for Robin and Lucy . She was up in fair time , and had written a long and particular account to Bertha of everything in the festivities not recorded in this narrative , before Miss Charlecote awoke from the compensating morning slumber that had succeeded a sad and unrestful night . Late as they were , they were down-stairs before any one but the well-seasoned Rashe , who sat beguiling the time with a Bradshaw , and who did _ not _ tell them how intolerably cross Cilly had been all the morning . Nor would any one have suspected it who had seen her , last of all , come down at a quarter to eleven , in the most exultant spirits , talking the height of rodomontade with the gentlemen guests , and dallying with her breakfast , while Phoebe 's heart was throbbing at the sight of two grave figures , her brother and the curate , slowly marching up and down the cloister , in waiting till this was over . And there sat Lucilla inventing adventures for an imaginary tour to be brought out on her return by the name of ` Girls in Galway ' -- ` From the Soiree to the Salmon ' -- ` Flirts and Fools-heads , ' as Owen and Charles discontentedly muttered to each other , or , as Mr. Calthorp proposed , ` The Angels and the Anglers . ' The ball was to be the opening chapter . Lord William entreated for her costume as the frontispiece , and Mr. Calthorp begged her to re-assume it , and let her cousin photograph her on the spot .