ten o'clock
In a bit Alderman Nonowt wor vooated into th ' cheer , an ' then he made a speech -- `` Ladies and Gentlemen -- -LRB- then he coughed two or three times , an ' supt o ' watter -RRB- , -- I can assure you ` at nothink gives me greater pleasure , or greater enjoyment , or I might say greater satisfaction , -LRB- a varry deal o ' clappin i ` th ' front seeats -- supt twice -RRB- , when I look around me , ladies and gentlemen , and see so many old and familiar faces that I have never seen before , and when I see so many strangers that I have passed long years of social intercourse amongst , I feel , ladies and gentlemen , I feel moved , very much moved , and when I gaze again I begin to feel removed . Our object which we have in view , in keeping agate of giving these here readings , are to throw open the doors of knowledge , so that all may come and drink from the inexhaustible bottle , so to speak , ladies and gentleman , which says ` drink and thirst no more ' -LRB- great cheering -- women wi ' cleean pocket hankerchies blow ther nooases -RRB- . These meetings have also another himportant object , a nobject noble and great , which is namely , to draw people out of the public houses , and create a thirst in them for wisdom . How many men , after a hard day 's work , go and sit in the public house , or what is still worse , often spend their time at some thripny concert room until nine or ten o'clock , whereas now they can come here and sit until 10 or 11 o'clock , where they are not only hentertained , but hedicated and hedified . With thease few remarks , I call upon the first reader for a solo on the German concertina . '' An ' it wor a solo ! It reminded me o ' being in a bazaar at Fair time , an ' abaght a thaasand childer blowin penny trumpets ; an ' he whewd his arms abaght like a windmill ; an ' aw wor nooan sooary when he 'd done .