ten o'clock
Now to use my lady 's style , I am to tell the coachman to put a girdle round the park in forty minutes ; '' so saying , the lad vanished , as he usually did , in a second . The lad was certainly right when he said that I did like to hear him talk , for he amused me so much , that I forgave his impudence and familiarity . Shortly afterwards , we went out in the carriage , and having driven two or three times round the park , returned home to dinner . At ten o'clock , we went to Mrs Allwood 's party . I was introduced to a great many great literary stars , whom I had never before heard of ; but the person who attracted the most attention was a Russian Count , who had had his ears and nose cut off by the Turks . It certainly did not add to his beauty , however it might have to his interest . However , Lionel was right .