eight o'clock
`` We could manage with heighteen , '' he said , mildly . Mrs. Gashleigh gave a hideous laugh . ***** She went away . At eight o'clock she was pacing at the corner of the street , and actually saw the company arrive . First came the Topham Sawyers , in their light-blue carriage with the white hammercloth and blue and white ribbons -- their footmen drove the house down with the knocking . Then followed the ponderous and snuff-colored vehicle , with faded gilt wheels and brass earl 's coronets all over it , the conveyance of the House of Bungay . The Countess of Bungay and daughter stepped out of the carriage .