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At _ nine _ o'clock the poll stood thus -- Titmouse 31 Delamere 18 -- Majority 13 Steadily adhering to Mr. Crafty 's system , at _ ten _ o'clock the poll stood -- Titmouse 53 Delamere 29 -- Majority 24 At _ eleven _ o'clock -- Titmouse 89 Delamere 41 -- Majority 48 At _ twelve _ o'clock -- Titmouse 94 Delamere 60 -- Majority 34 At _ one _ o'clock -- Titmouse 129 Delamere 84 -- Majority 45 At this point they remained stationary for some time ; but Delamere had polled all his _ worst votes _ , Titmouse almost all his _ best _ . The latter had , indeed , only _ seventeen _ more in reserve , independently of the Quaint Club , and the still neutral _ twenty _ accessibles ; while Delamere had yet , provided his promises stood firm , and none of his men were hocussed or kidnapped , forty-five good men and true -- and some faint hopes , also , of the aforesaid twenty accessibles . For a quarter of an hour not one man came up for either party ; but at length two of Delamere 's leading friends came up , with faces full of anxiety , and recorded their votes for Delamere , amid loud laughter . About half-past one o'clock a prodigious -- and I protest that it was both to Lord De la Zouch and his son a totally unexpected -- rush was made on behalf of Delamere , consisting of _ the twenty accessibles _ ; who in the midst of yelling , and hissing , and violent abuse , voted , one after another , for Delamere . Whether or not a strong pressure had been resorted to by some zealous and powerful gentlemen in the neighborhood , but entirely independent of Mr. Delamere , I know not ; but the fact was as I have stated . At _ two _ o'clock the poll stood thus -- Titmouse 145 Delamere 134 -- Majority 11 Thus Titmouse had then polled within one of his positive reserve , and yet was only eleven above Delamere , who had still _ fifteen _ men to come up ! `` Where is the Quaint Club ? ''