nine o'clock
He found the house not in a very comfortable position , for Georgiana still persisted in her refusal either to be a bridesmaid or to speak to Mr. Whitstable ; but still his presence , which was very rare at Caversham , gave some assistance : and , as at this moment his money affairs had been comfortably arranged , he was not called upon to squabble with his father . It was a great thing that one of the girls should be married , and Dolly had brought down an enormous china dog , about five feet high , as a wedding present , which added materially to the happiness of the meeting . Lady Pomona had determined that she would tell her husband of those walks in the park , and of other signs of growing intimacy which had reached her ears ; -- but this she would postpone until after the Whitstable marriage . But at nine o'clock on the morning set apart for that marriage , they were all astounded by the news that Georgiana had run away with Mr. Batherbolt . She had been up before six . He had met her at the park gate , and had driven her over to catch the early train at Stowmarket . Then it appeared , too , that by degrees various articles of her property had been conveyed to Mr. Batherbolt 's lodgings in the adjacent village , so that Lady Pomona 's fear that Georgiana would not have a thing to wear , was needless .