eight o'clock at night
At six o'clock he had left the children of Israel to their fate , and was grappling with the Norman invasion of England . The House adjourned for dinner then , and it is on record that as they walked the corridor to the dining-room , a member of the cabinet asked the premier , `` Where in the name of all we stand for is this fellow going to land ? '' that the premier , without even the trace of a blush , answered in two words , and that one of them rhymed with `` well . '' `` The Big Wind '' resumed his address at eight o'clock at night and concluded it at eleven , with a few playful allusions to the Peninsular War and an expression of regret that time did not permit of his dealing with other matters no less important . And this was the man that Mid-Toronto was asked to return again because his own party was afraid to antagonise him , and the opposition felt that they had n't a ghost of show to carry a riding that for twenty years had beaten their candidates by large majorities . It looked indeed as though `` The Big Wind '' might be elected by acclamation . Two weeks before the official nomination , Whimple , himself a dabbler in politics and a supporter of the government , heard , with other rumours , that an independent candidate would be in the field in Mid-Toronto , and the next morning the rumours were declared , by no less a personage than William Adolphus Turnpike , to have truth as their foundation .