one p.m.
There she sat straight up to the second watch , even later , when she eventually fell asleep . The whole night nothing remarkable transpired . The morrow was the 26th day of the fourth moon . Indeed on this day , at one p.m. , commenced the season of the ` Sprouting seeds , ' and , according to an old custom , on the day on which this feast of ` Sprouting seeds ' fell , every one had to lay all kinds of offerings and sacrificial viands on the altar of the god of flowers . Soon after the expiry of this season of ` Sprouting seeds ' follows summertide , and us plants in general then wither and the god of flowers resigns his throne , it is compulsory to feast him at some entertainment , previous to his departure . In the ladies ' apartments this custom was observed with still more rigour ; and , for this reason , the various inmates Of the park of Broad Vista had , without a single exception , got up at an early hour . The young people either twisted flowers and willow twigs in such a way as to represent chairs and horses , or made tufted banners with damask , brocaded gauze and silk , and bound them with variegated threads .