eight o'clock before
She hated to hear all this talk , and felt hideously ashamed that people should be pitying her . Vainly did she try to get some measure of comfort from her mother . Kapus Irma , irritated by the looks of commiseration which were being levelled at her daughter , dubbed the latter a fool for not having the sense to know how to keep her bridegroom by her side . It was past eight o'clock before Béla put in an appearance at all . A csárdás was in full swing . The compact group of dancers was crowded round the musicians ' platform , for the csárdás can only be properly danced under the very bow -- as it were -- of the gipsy leader . The barn looked gaily lighted up with oil-lamps swinging down from the rafters above , and it had been most splendidly decorated for the occasion with festoons of paper flowers and tri-colour flags .