10 P.M.
`` No , it can be no Christian country , in which the head of the bar , the lagal adviser -LRB- loud laughter and cheers -RRB- -- yes , I say the lagal adviser of the crown -LRB- great cheers and laughter -RRB- -- can stand up in his seat in this house -LRB- prolonged cheers and laughter -RRB- , and attempt to lagalise indacent assaults on the bodies of religious ladies . '' -LRB- Deafening cheers and laughter , which were prolonged till the honourable member resumed his seat . -RRB- When Mr Harding had listened to this and much more of the same kind for about three hours , he returned to the door of the House , and received back from the messenger his own note , with the following words scrawled in pencil on the back of it : `` To-morrow , 10 P.M. -- my chambers . -- A. H. '' He was so far successful ; -- but 10 P.M. : what an hour Sir Abraham had named for a legal interview ! Mr Harding felt perfectly sure that long before that Dr Grantly would be in London . Dr Grantly could not , however , know that this interview had been arranged , nor could he learn it unless he managed to get hold of Sir Abraham before that hour ; and as this was very improbable , Mr Harding determined to start from his hotel early , merely leaving word that he should dine out , and unless luck were much against him , he might still escape the archdeacon till his return from the attorney-general 's chambers . He was at breakfast at nine , and for the twentieth time consulted his Bradshaw , to see at what earliest hour Dr Grantly could arrive from Barchester .