ten o'clock
A fierce raid was instituted against my back hair and the soft puffings of my frizzes in front . My white hat was a terrible source of trouble to those who want regeneration in nothing but religion ; and the feather seemed to get more notice than the preaching did wherever I happened to take it . Sisters : -- I give you this little dash of camp-meeting , because I wish to level myself gradually and gracefully down to the gay sinfulness of Long Branch again , where the salt air is revivifying , and our return is a source of complimentary jubilation at this no-end of a hotel . We came here in the ten o'clock boat -- that floating mansion-house , which Mr. James Fisk left as a memorial of the public good a splendid sinner can do when he is active and oriental in his taste . I am used to these things now ; but it was gratifying as we drove up in Dempster 's carriage from the railway to hear a glorious burst of music swell out from a round summer-house on the lawn . A serenade of that kind was what I had not expected , and my heart swelled with not unworthy triumph when I listened . The moment that crowd of musicians saw my white feather , they struck up `` Lo , the Conquering Hero comes , '' with a soft and touchingly subdued sweetness , which threw an exquisite femininity into the air , and plainly marked out its object .