10 o'clock
At a dinner , which Mr. Grymes gave me with the greatest display of magnificence , ... we withdrew from the first table , and seated ourselves at the second , in the same order in which we had partaken of the first . As the variety of wines began to set the tongues of the guests at liberty , the ladies rose , retired to another apartment , and resorted to music . Some of the gentlemen remained with the bottle , while others , among whom I was one , followed the ladies ... . We had waltzing until 10 o'clock , when we went to the masquerade in the theater in St. Philip street ... . The female company at the theater consisted of quadroons , who , however , were masked . Such is one aspect given us by history of the New Orleans towards which that company of emigrants , first of the three that had left the other side , were toiling across the waters . They were fever-struck and famine-wasted .