eight o'clock
Arthur did not venture to stop near Hetty , but merely bowed to her as he passed along the opposite side . The foolish child felt her heart swelling with discontent ; for what woman was ever satisfied with apparent neglect , even when she knows it to be the mask of love ? Hetty thought this was going to be the most miserable day she had had for a long while , a moment of chill daylight and reality came across her dream : Arthur , who had seemed so near to her only a few hours before , was separated from her , as the hero of a great procession is separated from a small outsider in the crowd . The Games THE great dance was not to begin until eight o'clock , but for any lads and lasses who liked to dance on the shady grass before then , there was music always at hand -- for was not the band of the Benefit Club capable of playing excellent jigs , reels , and hornpipes ? And , besides this , there was a grand band hired from Rosseter , who , with their wonderful wind-instruments and puffed-out cheeks , were themselves a delightful show to the small boys and girls . To say nothing of Joshua Rann 's fiddle , which , by an act of generous forethought , he had provided himself with , in case any one should be of sufficiently pure taste to prefer dancing to a solo on that instrument . Meantime , when the sun had moved off the great open space in front of the house , the games began .