seven o’clock
Beatrice would have despised and been very angry with Henrietta had she deserted to Roger , but she did not feel in the least grateful for her adherence , and would have been much more proud of retaining either of the boys . There was one point on which their attention could still be commanded , namely , the charades ; for though the world may be of opinion that they had had quite a sufficiency of amusement , they were but the more stimulated by their success on Thursday , and the sudden termination in the very height of their triumph . They would , perhaps , have favoured the public with a repetition of Shylock 's trial the next evening , but that , to the great consternation , and , perhaps , indignation of Beatrice , when she came down to breakfast in the morning , she found their tiring-room , the study , completely cleared of all their various goods and chattels , Portia 's wig in its box , the three caskets gone back to the dressing-room , the duke 's throne safe in its place in the hall , and even Shylock 's yellow cap picked to pieces , and rolled up in the general hoard of things which were to come of use in seven years ' time . Judith , who was putting the finishing touches to the re-arrangement by shaking up the cushions of the great chair , and restoring the inkstand to its place in the middle of the table , gave in answer to her exclamations the information that `` Missus had been up since seven o'clock , helping to put away the things herself , for she said she could not bear to have Mr. Geoffrey 's room not fit for anybody to sit in . '' This might certainly be considered as a tolerably broad hint that they had better discontinue their representations , but they were arrived at that state of eagerness which may be best illustrated by the proverb referring to a blind horse . Every one , inclined to that same impetuosity , and want of soberness , can remember the dismay with which hosts of such disregarded checks will recur to the mind when too late , and the poor satisfaction of the self-justification which truly answers that their object was not even comprehended . Henrietta , accustomed but little to heed such indications of dissent from her will , did not once think of her grandmamma 's dislike , and Beatrice with her eyes fully open to it , wilfully despised it as a fidgety fancy .