nine o'clock
Lady Gorgon , on the reading of this letter , was struck completely dumb ; Sir George Gorgon was wild . Ten dozen of champagne was he obliged to send down to the `` Gorgon Arms , '' to be added to the festival . He would have stayed away if he could , but he dared not . At nine o'clock , he in general 's uniform ; his wife in blue satin and diamonds ; his daughters in blue crape and white roses ; his niece , Lucy Gorgon , in white muslin ; his son , George Augustus Frederick Grimsby Gorgon , in a blue velvet jacket , sugar-loaf buttons , and nankeens , entered the north door of the ballroom , to much cheering , and the sound of `` God save the King ! '' At that very same moment , and from the south door , issued William Pitt Scully , Esquire , M.P. , and his staff . Mr. Scully had a brand-new blue coat and brass buttons , buff waistcoat , white kerseymere tights , pumps with large rosettes , and pink silk stockings . `` This wool , '' said he to a friend , `` was grown on Oldborough sheep , this cloth was spun in Oldborough looms , these buttons were cast in an Oldborough manufactory , these shoes were made by an Oldborough tradesman , this HEART first beat in Oldborough town , and pray Heaven may be buried there ! ''