six o'clock
But the young man , without looking again on her , had already opened the door , and the next moment he had gone out into the dark night on his errand of friendship . `` I go where I shall be more welcome . '' In the meanwhile , in the barn time had been flying along on the wings of enjoyment . Ever since six o'clock , when vespers were well over and the gipsies had struck up the first csárdás , merry feet had been tripping it almost incessantly . It is amazing what a capacity the young Hungarian peasant -- man or woman -- has for footing the national dance . With intervals of singing and of gossiping these young folk in the barn had been going on for over three hours . And they were not even beginning to get tired .