eight in the morning
Then we are welcomed by the city-waits in our own lodgings ; we have music in the Pump-room every morning , cotillons every forenoon in the rooms , balls twice a week , and concerts every other night , besides private assemblies and parties without number -- As soon as we were settled in lodgings , we were visited by the Master of the Ceremonies ; a pretty little gentleman , so sweet , so fine , so civil , and polite , that in our country he might pass for the prince of Wales ; then he talks so charmingly , both in verse and prose , that you would be delighted to hear him discourse ; for you must know he is a great writer , and has got five tragedies ready for the stage . He did us the favour to dine with us , by my uncle 's invitation ; and next day squired my aunt and me to every part of Bath ; which , to be sure , is an earthly paradise . The Square , the Circus , and the Parades , put you in mind of the sumptuous palaces represented in prints and pictures ; and the new buildings , such as Princes-row , Harlequin 's - row , Bladud 's - row , and twenty other rows , look like so many enchanted castles , raised on hanging terraces . At eight in the morning , we go in dishabille to the Pump-room which is crowded like a Welsh fair ; and there you see the highest quality , and the lowest trades folks , jostling each other , without ceremony , hail-fellow well-met . The noise of the music playing in the gallery , the heat and flavour of such a crowd , and the hum and buz of their conversation , gave me the head-ach and vertigo the first day ; but , afterwards , all these things became familiar , and even agreeable . -- Right under the Pump-room windows is the King 's Bath ; a huge cistern , where you see the patients up to their necks in hot water . The ladies wear jackets and petticoats of brown linen with chip hats , in which they fix their handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces ; but , truly , whether it is owing to the steam that surrounds them , or the heat of the water , or the nature of the dress , or to all these causes together , they look so flushed , and so frightful , that I always turn my eyes another way -- My aunt , who says every person of fashion should make her appearance in the bath , as well as in the abbey church , contrived a cap with cherry-coloured ribbons to suit her complexion , and obliged Win to attend her yesterday morning in the water .