about three
hours after noon
` Then they 'll divide , of course ? ' ` Of course they will , ' said the promising young dove of the Treasury . And now Mr. Whip Vigil had buttoned on that well-made frock with which the Parliamentary world is so conversant , and as he descended the stairs , arranged with pocket-comb his now grizzling locks . His well-brushed hat stood ready to his touch below , and when he entered the cab he was apparently as well dressed a gentleman as when about three hours after noon he may be seen with slow and easy step entering the halls of the Treasury chambers . But ah ! alas , he was all too late . He came but to see the ruin which Undy 's defection had brought about .