nine o'clock
We had a pretty full meeting . Judge Leslie took the chair , and I opened with some of the most pointed remarks I ever made . I was followed with more unanimity than usually falls to my lot . The upshot was that resolutions were passed before nine o'clock , and a committee of four was appointed to wait upon you to-day -- and endeavor to win you to our point of view , '' he continued , suddenly lame , for by this time Gwynne , forgetting Isabel and his good resolutions , was staring at the common little man with all the arrogance of his nature in arms , and the color rising in his cheeks . Mr. Boutts 's hands gripped his knees as if for anchorage , and he proceeded , firmly : `` No offence , sir , I assure you . This is a free country . The man who tells another man what he 'd orter do should be called down good and hard .