about
eleven o'clock
The Premier was really beginning to consider the subject , when Mr. O'Gibbet extinguished all the aspiring hopes of poor Lord Dreddlington , by applying for the vacant office for Mr. Och Hubbaboo , an early friend of Mr. O'Gibbet ; and who having failed in business , and been unable to re-establish himself , had come into the House of Commons to repair his shattered fortunes . I need hardly say , that within a day or two , Mr. Hubbaboo was made a lord of the Treasury ; and thereby were very nearly alienated from Ministers two stanch and enlightened supporters -- to wit , the Earl of Dreddlington and Mr. Titmouse . Early in the forenoon of Tuesday the 1st of April 18 -- , there were indications in the neighborhood of Lord Dreddlington 's house in Grosvenor Square , that an aristocratic wedding was about to be celebrated . Lady Cecilia 's bridemaids , and one or two other ladies , the Duke and Duchess of Tantallan , and a few other persons of distinction , who were to accompany the party to church , made their appearance about eleven o'clock ; and shortly afterwards dashed up Mr. Titmouse 's cab , in which sat that gentleman , enveloped in a magnificent green cloak , designed to conceal from vulgar observation the full splendor of his personal appearance . He had been engaged at his toilet since five o'clock that morning ; and the results were not unworthy of the pains which had been taken to secure them . He wore a light-blue body coat , with velvet collar ; tight black pantaloons tying round his ankles ; gossamer white silk stockings , and dress-shoes , with small gold buckles . His shirt was of snowy whiteness , and there glittered in the centre of it a very superb diamond brooch .