ten o'clock
But if people had seen you eating rabbit-pie on the barrow -- why a wolf would n't have been in it , ' concluded Blanche , who acquired her flowers of speech from the Wintonians . ` I 'll go and despatch my telegram , ' said Brian , taking up his hat . The weather was altogether favourable for the thirty-mile drive . The wagonette with its scratch team and a couple of smart grooms , was at the Homestead gate at ten o'clock , and after picking up Miss Wendover and her companion , went on to The Knoll for Bessie and Blanche , and then to Dr. Rylance 's for Urania , who had accepted the invitation most graciously . Kingthorpe was unwontedly excited by this gorgeous apparition , and the inhabitants remained at garden gates and cottage doors while so much as a horse 's tail was visible . Everybody was pleased to see the young squire driving four-in-hand . It had been supposed that as a bookish young man , given over to Greek and Latin , he must needs be a poor hand with horses .