about six o'clock in the evening
Having extracted from Mr. Lightfoot all the news regarding the family at the Park , and found , from examining his host , that Mrs. Lightfoot , as she said , had kept his counsel , he called for more wine of Mr. Lightfoot , and at the end of this symposium , both being greatly excited , went into Mrs. Lightfoot 's bar . She was there taking tea with her friend , Madame Fribsby ; and Lightfoot was by this time in such a happy state as not to be surprised at any thing which might occur , so that , when Altamont shook hands with Mrs. Lightfoot as an old acquaintance , the recognition did not appear to him to be in the least strange , but only a reasonable cause for further drinking . The gentlemen partook then of brandy-and-water , which they offered to the ladies , not heeding the terrified looks of one or the other . While they were so engaged , at about six o'clock in the evening , Mr. Morgan , Sir Francis Clavering 's new man , came in , and was requested to drink . He selected his favorite beverage , and the parties engaged in general conversation . After awhile Mr. Lightfoot began to doze . Mr. Morgan had repeatedly given hints to Mrs. Fribsby to quit the premises ; but that lady , strangely fascinated , and terrified , it would seem , or persuaded by Mrs. Lightfoot not to go , kept her place .