two o'clock
When he heard the words `` Lady Mayoress , '' `` ball , '' `` Mansion-house , '' `` gentry of the county , '' and so forth , a dim vision of splendor flashed before his eyes ; and , with a desperate effort , he assured the Lord Mayor that he should be `` very uncommon proud to accept the invitation , if he were well enough -- but , just then , he was uncommon ill . '' His Lordship pressed him to take a glass of water , to revive him and settle his stomach ; but Mr. Titmouse declined it , and soon afterwards quitted the room ; and leaning on the arm of Mr. Quirk , set off homeward -- Snap walking beside him in silence , with a very quaint disconcerted air -- not being taken the least notice of by Mr. Quirk . As they passed along , they encountered several of the barristers on their way to court , and others , who recognized Titmouse ; and with a smile , evidently formed a pretty accurate guess as to the manner in which the triumph of the preceding day had been celebrated . Mr. Quirk , finding that Mr. Gammon was far too much indisposed to think of quitting York , at all events till a late hour in the evening , and , indeed , that Titmouse was similarly situated -- with a very bad grace consented to their stopping behind ; and himself , with Snap -- the former inside , the latter outside -- having paid most of the witnesses , leaving the remainder , together with their own expenses at the inn , to be settled by Mr. Gammon -- set off for town by the two o'clock coach . It was , indeed , high time for them to return ; for the oppressed inmates of Newgate were getting wild on account of the protracted absence of their kind and confidential advisers . When they left , both Gammon and Titmouse were in bed . The former , however , began to revive , shortly after the wheels of the coach which conveyed away his respected copartners , and the sound of the guard 's horn , had ceased to be heard ; and about an hour afterwards he descended from his room , a great deal the better for the duties of the toilet , and a bottle of soda-water with a little brandy in it .