eight o'clock
They are never out of temper when dinner is a quarter of an hour late . They all very much admire Molly , and Molly very much agrees with them . They are fond of taking their tea in summer in the open air ; they are not fond of over-early rising ; they never bore you with a description of the first faint beams of dawn ; they fail to see any beauty in the dew at five o'clock in the morning ; they are very reasonable people . Yet the morning after his arrival , Luttrell , jumping out of his bed at eight o'clock , finds , on looking out of his window that overhangs the garden , Flora already among her flowers . Drawing back hastily , -- he is a modest young man , -- he grows suddenly energetic and makes good speed with his toilet . When he is half dressed -- that is , when his hair is brushed ; but as yet his shirt is guiltless of a waistcoat -- he can not refrain from looking forth again , to see if she may yet be there , and , looking , meets her eyes . He is slightly abashed ; she is not .