about six o'clock
Away , therefore , he rubbed ; and when he had finished , got into bed , in humble hope as to the result , which would be disclosed by the morning 's light . But , alas ! would you have believed it ? When he looked at himself in the glass , about six o'clock on the ensuing morning , -LRB- at which hour he awoke , -RRB- I protest it is a fact , that his eyebrows and whiskers were as white as snow ; which , combined with the purple color of the hair on his head , rendered him one of the most astounding objects -LRB- in human shape -RRB- the eye of man had ever beheld . There was the wisdom of age seated in his white eyebrows and whiskers , unspeakable youthful folly in his features , and a purple crown of WONDER on his head . Really , it seemed as if the devil were wreaking his spite on Mr. Titmouse ; nay , perhaps it was the devil himself who had served him with the bottles in Bond Street . Or was it a mere ordinary servant of the devil -- some greedy , impudent , unprincipled speculator , who , desirous of acting on the approved maxim -- _ Fiat experimentum in corpore vili _ -- had pitched on Titmouse -LRB- seeing the sort of person he was -RRB- as a godsend , quite reckless what effect might be produced on his hair , so as the stuff were paid for , and its effects noted ?