about nine o'clock in the evening
Over the whole scene of pain , disorder , and confusion , that transpired on that evening , we must draw a veil . Any reader of even ordinary imagination can realize enough of the exquisite distress which it must have brought to many hearts , without the aid of distinct pictures . And those who can not realize it , will be spared the pain of its contemplation . One week from that night , at about nine o'clock in the evening , as old Mr. Gray was passing along one of the principal streets of the city where the occurrences we are relating took place , a young man staggered against him , and then fell at full length upon the pavement , from whence he rolled into the gutter , swollen by a smart shower that had just fallen . Too drunk to help himself , he must have been drowned even in that insignificant stream , had there not been help at hand . Mr. Gray came at once to his relief , and assisted him to rise and get upon the pavement . But now he was unable to stand .