about midday
And if it pour of rain on Christmas day how will the ox be roast , and what sort of company can we expect ? This puts me to another taking for dread of a new fiasco . _ December 23 . _ Going to the Court about midday , I was dumbfounded to find no sign of the disorder that prevailed there yesterday , but all swept and garnished , and Moll in a brave new gown seated at her fireside , reading a book with the utmost tranquillity , -- though I suspect she did assume something in this to increase my astonishment . She was largely diverted by my amazement , and made very light of her achievement ; but she admitted that all had worked till daybreak , and she had slept but two hours since . Nevertheless , no one could have looked fresher and brighter than she , so healthy and vigorous are her natural parts . About one comes Mr. Godwin to cap her happiness and give fresh glory to her beauty .