Six o'clock
She decided that Mrs. Carnegie must be a gentlewoman , and that Bessie had qualities capable of taking a fine polish . She would have held the child in conversation longer had not Mrs. Wiley come up , and after a word or two about the success of the feast , bade Bessie run away and see that her little brothers were not getting into mischief . Lady Latimer nodded her a kind dismissal , and off she went . Six o'clock struck . By that time the buns were all eaten , the prizes were all distributed , and the cream of the company had driven or walked away , but cricket still went on in the meadow , and children 's games in the orchard . One or two gentlemen had come on the scene since the fervor of the afternoon abated . Admiral Parkins , who governed Beechhurst under Lady Latimer , was taking a walk round the garden with his brother church-warden , Mr. Musgrave , and Mr. Carnegie had made his bow to the rector 's wife , who was not included in his aversion for the rector .