four o'clock
They brought two gownsmen of Christ Church with them , companions of Andrews , who were quite as talkative and nearly as rude and boisterous as themselves . Olivia had not perhaps all her accustomed vivacity , but she behaved with infinitely more ease and chearfulness than I could have wished , and I felt as if I were the only disconsolate guest . The players were at Woodstock , and were to exhibit that afternoon . They began at four o'clock , that the gownsmen might have time to return to Oxford ; hoping that would be a favourable circumstance for them with the vice chancellor , who , as I have said , is generally inimical to theatrical exhibition , and whose influence extends to Woodstock . The party all voted for the play , except Olivia , who observed their inclination to riot , and ineffectually attempted to persuade them to return . I was glad to find them obstinate ; it might afford me an opportunity of speaking with her , for which I would almost have given an eye . A servant was sent to keep places , in one of the six boxes which the theatre , fitted up in a barn , contained .