a quarter to eight
Watson 's gun furnished the old hare and partridges that opened the ball of the second course ; and tarts , jellies , preserves , and custards made their usual appearances . Some first-growth Chateaux Margaux ` Wintle , ' again at 66 _ s. _ , in very richly cut decanters accompanied the old 36 _ s. _ port ; and apples , pears , nuts , figs , preserved fruits , occupied the splendid green-and-gold dessert set . Everything , of course , was handed about -- an ingenious way of tormenting a person that has ` dined . ' The ladies sat long , Mrs. Jawleyford taking three glasses of port -LRB- when she could get it -RRB- ; and it was a quarter to eight when they rose from the table . Jawleyford then moved an adjournment to the fire ; which Sponge gladly seconded , for he had never been warm since he came into the house , the heat from the fires seeming to go up the chimneys . Spigot set them a little round table , placing the port and claret upon it , and bringing them a plate of biscuits in lieu of the dessert . He then reduced the illumination on the table , and extinguished such of the lamps as had not gone out of themselves .