2 o'clock
Even this scarlet pin-cushion may save some soul from death ` mid the spicy groves of Ceylon 's isle . '' -LSB- Tremendous sensation , as the lady president waved the pin-ball to and fro . -RSB- `` But language would fail me to enumerate the benefits this holy organization of Christians is destined to bestow on benighted Pagandom . We will now listen to a hymn from the sisters Gaddies , and adjourn to Wednesday next , at 2 o'clock , P.M. , at the house of Mrs. Huldah Fleetfoot . '' The hymn was sung , and the `` Ladies ' Literary Benevolent Combination for Foreign Aid '' duly adjourned to the time and place aforementioned . We have seen that Miss Jerusha Sharpwell and Mrs. Dorothy Sykes had agreed to call on Mrs. Orville , and condole with her on her daughter 's disgrace ; but those benevolently-disposed ladies deemed it expedient to call first at sundry places in the village and repeat the lamentable tale , probably to increase the stock of sympathy ; so Mrs. Orville heard the sad story of her daughter 's shame from several different sources , ere these good ladies , their hearts overflowing with the `` milk of human kindness , '' came to sympathize in her affliction . She received them with her accustomed urbanity and politeness , while they cast wondering glances toward each other ; probably that they had not found Mrs. Orville in hysterical tears .