nine o'clock
The weather was glorious , and off we went with a flourish of trumpets and whips , and I knew I should enjoy myself monstrously . And so I did . But it was the drive back that was the _ best _ of all . We never started till near nine o'clock , and Lord Dereham insisted on my sitting beside him again -- at which all the ladies looked daggers _ at me _ and all the gentlemen daggers _ at him _ . And then we sang songs and tore along uphill and down dale , under the beautiful moonlight , through the still air , till all at once we found we had lost our way . We had to drive on till we came to an inn and we could make inquiries . There the gentlemen opened another hamper of wine , and when we set off again I promise you they were all pretty _ lively _ -LRB- and most of the ladies too , for the matter of that -RRB- .