eight o'clock
` I assure ye , mong editor , ' says th ' gin ` ral , earnestly , ` that th ' governmint will not make ye anny more ridiculous than it makes itsilf , ' says he . '' ` Me honor is satisfied , ' says Jools . ` Do ye'er worst , ' he says . `` At eight o'clock th ' minister iv war ar-rived , an ' took command . He ordhered up twinty rig ` mints iv cav ` lry , tin batthries iv artillery , an ' two divisions iv fut sojers . It was his intintion to sind th ' cav ` lry in over th ' roofs , while th ' army carried th ' front stoop , protected be fire fr 'm th ' heavy artillery , while th ' Fr-rinch navy shelled th ' back dure . But this was seen to be impossible , because th ' man that owned th ' wine-shop next dure , he said ` twud dhrive away custom .