about two o’clock
Several remonstrances were sent down below , on the subject of Master Fleetwood , but they were totally unheeded in consequence of the indisposition of his natural protectors . That interesting child screamed at the top of his voice , until he had no voice left to scream with ; and then , Miss Wakefield began , and screamed for the remainder of the passage . Mr. Hardy was observed , some hours afterwards , in an attitude which induced his friends to suppose that he was busily engaged in contemplating the beauties of the deep ; they only regretted that his taste for the picturesque should lead him to remain so long in a position , very injurious at all times , but especially so , to an individual labouring under a tendency of blood to the head . The party arrived off the Custom-house at about two o'clock on the Thursday morning dispirited and worn out . The Tauntons were too ill to quarrel with the Briggses , and the Briggses were too wretched to annoy the Tauntons . One of the guitar-cases was lost on its passage to a hackney-coach , and Mrs. Briggs has not scrupled to state that the Tauntons bribed a porter to throw it down an area . Mr. Alexander Briggs opposes vote by ballot -- he says from personal experience of its inefficacy ; and Mr. Samuel Briggs , whenever he is asked to express his sentiments on the point , says he has no opinion on that or any other subject .