eleven o'clock
_ '' '' _ Religious Liberty _ , '' -LRB- to which Mr. Mudflint responded in a very eloquent speech . -RRB- '' _ The Liberty of the Press ; _ '' '' _ Messrs Quirk , Gammon , and Snap , the enterprising , skilful , and learned professional advisers of Mr. Titmouse . _ '' Dancing was now loudly called for ; and the hall was speedily prepared for it . By this time , however , it was past eleven o'clock ; the free potations of all the gentlemen , and indeed -LRB- to be candid -RRB- of more than one of the ladies , were beginning to _ tell _ , and the noise and confusion were very great . Fierce confused sounds issued from the servants ' hall , where it proved that a great fight was going on between Pumpkin the gardener , and a man who insisted on shouting `` Titmouse forever -- down with Aubrey ! '' Pumpkin , I am not sorry to say , had much the best of it , and beat his opponent , after a severe encounter , into silence and submission . Then there were songs sung in all the rooms at once -- speeches made , half-a-dozen at the same time ; in short , never before had such doings been witnessed , or such uproar heard , within the decorous , dignified , and venerable precincts of Yatton .