five minutes to ten
But Hogarth would have endured till midnight , or longer , but for a growing doubt within him : `` Am I bleeding ? Shall I not certainly faint ? '' And there was this other question : `` To what greater daring of insolence will these impossible speeches rise ? '' Suddenly , at five minutes to ten , in the very midst of a duke 's speech , the Regent , with dizzy brain , was on his feet : there was a few moments ' gasp and breathlessness ; and then -- all at once -- it was as though a wind from hell swept through that House , whirling in its vehemence Regent , lords , Gallery , Black Rod , Clerk , Usher , and all ; and every face was marble , and every eye a blaze . The Regent cried : `` Your lordships ' eloquence -- '' And as he said `` eloquence '' , a voice that was a scream , a forward-straining form , a pointing finger : `` Why , my lords , that man is only a common convict ! -- reprieved for murder -- escaped from Colmoor . And all his forts are sunk ! ''