nearly two o'clock
We roared ` All among the barley , ' until the primroses looked quite abashed , and turned into ` Good-night , good-night beloved , ' to soothe them down again , and we grew so intimate and festive , and they all said , ` What next , Miss O'Shaughnessy , what next ? ' Really , my dear , I was a _ succes fou _ . `` But more is yet to come . It was so lovely and we were enjoying ourselves so much , that we dallied about , and took extra little detours , so that it was nearly two o'clock when we arrived at the appointed spot , and imagine , my dear , our thwarted hunger and thirst , when not a vestige of a car could we behold ! It was no use _ waiting _ , because if all had gone right it should have been waiting for us for an hour at least . So we held a council of war at the side of the road . '' _ Esmeralda _ .