About five o'clock
At a signal from the chairman the orchestra began to play a song entitled `` Bankerdom . '' It was sung by a quartette of clerks , and afterwards by the Assembly , who were provided with printed copies . The refrain went : `` O Bankerdom , dear Bankerdom , We sing to thee a freedom-song ; The years have gone that knew us dumb , -- The years we found so hard and long ; And here to-day is taken from Our aching wrists the silver thong That bound us to a monied wrong , Our Bankerdom , free Bankerdom ! '' About five o'clock the afternoon session was adjourned . A. P. 's father , who was quite a plunger when he came to town , persuaded the Nelsons to dine with him at a first-class hotel . Evan could not go along ; he had accepted an invitation to dine at Mrs. Greig 's . Sam Robb was ill -- that accounted for his absence from the mass meeting in the afternoon .