about 9 A.M.
Sept. 185 -- -LRB- He purposely omitted any allusion to the `` palace , '' thinking that Mr. Towers might not like it . A great man , he remembered , had been once much condemned for dating a letter from Windsor Castle . -RRB- MY DEAR SIR , We were all a good deal shocked here this morning by hearing that poor old Dean Trefoil had been stricken with apoplexy . The fit took him about 9 A.M. I am writing now to save the post , and he is still alive , but past all hope or possibility , I believe , of living . Sir Omicron Pie is here , or will be very shortly , but all that even Sir Omicron can do is to ratify the sentence of his less distinguished brethren that nothing can be done . Poor Dr. Trefoil 's race on this side the grave is run . I do not know whether you knew him .