About four o’clock
He was master of all the points of interest , and he had sufficient confidence in himself to believe that he could do them justice . He walked up and down , conning over in his mind not only the remarks which he intended to make , but the very language in which he meant to offer them . As he formed sentences , almost for the first time , his courage and his fancy alike warmed : his sanguine spirit sympathised with the nobility of the imaginary scene , and inspirited the intonations of his modulated voice . About four o'clock he repaired to the House . Walking up one of the passages his progress was stopped by the back of an individual bowing with great civility to a patronising peer , and my-lording him with painful repetition . The nobleman was Lord Fitz-pompey ; the bowing gentleman , Mr. Duncan Macmorrogh , the anti-aristocrat , and father of the first man of the day . ` George !