about eight o'clock in the evening
-- how enlivening and beautiful the country scenery amid the gentle sunlight of September ! -- ' T was a Paradise of a place -- and as day after day glided away , they felt a sense of the enjoyment of existence , such as they had never experienced before ! Though it is not a very pleasant transition , the order of events requires us to return to town , and to no very pleasant part of town , viz. Thavies ' Inn . ' T was about eight o'clock in the evening , towards the close of October , and Mr. Gammon was walking to and fro about his room , which was rendered sufficiently snug by the light of a lamp and the warmth of a good fire . He himself , however , was very far from being cheerful -- he was in a state of exquisite anxiety and suspense -- and might well be ; for he was at length in momentary expectation of receiving a copy of the evidence which had been taken on the part of Mr. Aubrey , in the ecclesiastical suit . He muttered blighting curses at the intolerable delay of old Mr. Quod , who , Mr. Gammon felt assured , might have procured a copy of the evidence several hours before , with only moderate exertion . Twice had his messenger been despatched in vain ; and he was now absent on the third errand to Mr. Quod 's chambers .