two o'clock
`` None . I may accompany you -- the day being fine , and the roads in tolerable order . '' The funeral was conducted with the disregard of what are , in other regions , established customs that distinguish such occasions in the rural districts of Virginia . Written notices had been sent out , far and near , the day before , announcing that the services would begin at two o'clock , but when the Aylett party arrived at a quarter of an hour before the time specified , there was no appearance of regular exercises of any kind . A dozen carriages besides theirs were clustered about the front gate , and a long line of saddle-horses tethered to the fence . Knots of gentlemen in riding costume dotted the lawn and porches , and within-doors ladies sat , or walked at their ease in the parlor and dining room , or gathered in silent tearfulness around the open coffin in the wide central hall . The bed-room of the deceased was a roomy apartment in a wing of the building , and to this Mabel was summoned before she could seat herself elsewhere .