eleven o’clock
Of course , all the knot declared the dinner was superb ; called in the master to eulogize him in person , and made him , to his infinite dismay , swallow a bumper of his own hock . Poor man , they mistook his reluctance for his diffidence , and forced him to wash it away in another potation . With many a wry face of grateful humility , he left the room , and we then proceeded to pass the bottle with the suicidal determination of defeated Romans . You may imagine that we were not long in arriving at the devoutly wished for consummation of comfortable inebriety ; and with our eyes reeling , our cheeks burning , and our brave spirits full ripe for a quarrel , we sallied out at eleven o'clock , vowing death , dread , and destruction to all the sober portion of his majesty 's subjects . We came to a dead halt in Arlington-street , which , as it was the quietest spot in the neighbourhood , we deemed a fitting place for the arrangement of our forces . Dartmore , Staunton , -LRB- a tall , thin , well formed , silly youth , -RRB- and myself , marched first , and the remaining three followed . We gave each other the most judicious admonitions as to propriety of conduct , and then , with a shout that alarmed the whole street , we renewed our way .