six o'clock
It was , in fact , sunrise before the last guests departed and the weary family were at liberty to go to bed and sleep . They had turned the night into day , and now it was absolutely necessary to turn the day into night . They did not any of them awake until three or four o'clock in the afternoon , when they took coffee in their chambers . And they did not reassemble until the late dinner hour at six o'clock , by which time the servants had removed the litter of the party and restored the rooms to neatness , order , and comfort . The Middletons had not departed with the other guests . They joined the family at dinner . And after dinner , at the pressing invitation of Judge Merlin , they agreed to remain at Tanglewood for the few days that would intervene before the departure of Lord and Lady Vincent for Europe .