seven o'clock
The psalms allotted for the evening were those in which the royal sufferer , David , was pouring forth the deepest sorrows of his heart ; and their appropriateness to Mr. Aubrey 's state of mind , added to the effect produced by the melting melody in which they were conveyed to his ears , excited in him , and , he perceived , also in those opposite , the deepest emotion . The glorious pile was beginning to grow dusky with the stealing shadows of evening ; and the solemn and sublime strains of the organ , during the playing of the anthem , filled those present , who had any pretensions to sensibility , with mingled feelings of tenderness and awe . Those in whom we are so deeply interested , felt at once subdued and elevated ; and as they quitted the darkening fabric , through which the pealing tones of the organ were yet reverberating , they could not help inquiring , should they ever enter it again , -- and in what altered circumstances might it be ? To return , however -- though it is , indeed , like descending from the holy mountain into the bustle and hubbub of the city at its foot -- Mr. Parkinson , being most unexpectedly , and as he felt it unfortunately , summoned to Grilston that afternoon , in order to send up some deeds of a distinguished client to London , for the purpose of immediately effecting a mortgage , set off in a post-chaise , at top-speed , in a very unenviable frame of mind ; and by seven o'clock was seated in his office at Grilston , busily turning over a great number of deeds and papers , in a large tin case , with the words `` Right Honorable the Earl of Yelverton '' painted on the outside . Having turned over almost everything inside , and found all that he wanted , he was going to toss back again all the deeds which were not requisite for his immediate purpose , when he happened to see one lying at the very bottom which he had not before observed . It was not a large , but an old deed -- and he took it up and hastily examined it . We have seen a piece of unexpected good-fortune on the part of Gammon and his client ; and the reader will not be disappointed at finding something of a similar kind befalling Mr. Aubrey , even at the eleventh hour .