about eight o'clock
I suppose they will be stuck full of compliments , not a word of which the Mayor will understand ; but , of course , he will bow a great many times to show that he agrees with it all : and then he , in return , will make a speech to the ambassadors , all flaming over with fine words and flummery , and the Japanese will bow all in a row like four-and-twenty fiddlers -- and oh ! how nice it will all be ! '' When the children got home , they told Charley about the grand procession , all speaking at once ; and one of them put on an old black gown of his mother 's , and half shut his eyes , and would have shaved his head , if his mother had let him , to show Charley just how they looked ; because he , poor little fellow , had to stay behind -- he could not have endured the fatigue of that long day away from home . But his kind little mother never forgot him ; she was determined he should see something ; so about eight o'clock that evening , two horses , with a nice comfortable barouche , were driven up to the door , and Charley was tenderly lifted in , and two large pillows were placed behind and at his side , and his mother and two of the oldest children were driven slowly down Broadway to see the illumination . -LSB- Illustration : THE JAPANESE RECEPTION . -RSB- The street was crowded . Beautiful colored lanterns were hung here and there , and little Japanese flags fluttered in every direction .