about four o'clock
Mr. Glister , who had been summoned to his bedside upwards of an hour before , sat now nodding in his chair beside his patient ; and pretty nearly in a state of similar exhaustion were his valet and the housekeeper , who had , from time to time , wiped her eyes and sobbed aloud when thinking of past times , and the horrid change which had come over old Yatton . Mr. Yahoo , Mr. Fitz-Snooks , Mr. Snap , Mr. Quirk , and Miss Quirk , -LRB- the last having retired to her bedroom in the utmost terror , at the time of Titmouse 's mischance , -RRB- were in their respective chambers , all of them probably asleep . Poor Hector , chained to his kennel , having barked himself hoarse for several hours , lay fast asleep , no one having attended to him , or given him anything to eat since Mr. Titmouse 's arrival . Gammon had retired from the scene , in disgust and alarm , to his bedroom , some three hours before ; but unable to sleep -- not , however , with excess of wine , for he had drunk very little -- had arisen about four o'clock , and was at that moment wandering slowly , with folded arms and downcast countenance , up and down the fine avenue of elm-trees , where , it may be recollected , Mr. Aubrey had spent a portion of the last evening of his stay at Yatton . Such is _ my _ account of that memorable entertainment -- and as fair an account as I know how to give of the matter ; but it is curious to observe how very differently the same thing will strike different people . As soon as the grateful Mr. Centipede had recovered from the excitement occasioned by the part which he had borne in the splendid festival , he set to work , with the pen of a ready writer , and in the next number of the `` YORKSHIRE STINGO , '' there appeared the following interesting account of the `` FESTIVITIES _ at _ YATTON HALL , _ on the occasion of _ POSSESSION _ being taken by _ TITTLEBAT TITMOUSE , ESQUIRE . `` Yesterday this interesting event came off with signal _ éclat _ .