about the hour of ten o'clock
Woe is me for having suggested matrimony to the taylor ! He will not long be under the necessity of saying that he is ` blue-moulded for want of a beating . ' The butcheress will fell him like a Kerry ox , and I may have his blood to answer for and his discomfiture to feel for in addition to my own miseries . '' On the evening of the wedding-day , about the hour of ten o'clock , Neal , whose spirits were uncommonly exalted , for his heart luxuriated within him , danced with his bridesmaid ; after the dance he sat beside her , and got eloquent in praise of her beauty ; and it is said , too , that he whispered to her and chucked her chin with considerable gallantry . The tête-à-tête continued for some time without exciting particular attention , with one exception ; but THAT exception was worth a whole chapter of general rules . Mrs. Malone rose up , then sat down again and took off a glass of the native ; she got up a second time ; all the wife rushed upon her heart . She approached them , and , in a fit of the most exquisite sensibility , knocked the bridesmaid down , and gave the tailor a kick of affecting pathos upon the inexpressibles .