eight o'clock
It seemed almost too splendid to be true ! She , who three years before had made her first appearance at Political as the bashful representative of Bootle-cum - Linacre , to have advanced to this dizzy height of power ! To be captain of the Hockey Club paled into insignificance before this crowning honour , but as Hannah was `` Speaker , '' Darsie was unable to crow as loudly as she would have done if her friend 's place had been below the gangway . Political was held in College Hall on Monday evenings at eight o'clock , and in old-fashioned style the members were divided into three parties , Conservatives , Liberals , and Unionists , whose seats were so arranged as to form three sides of a square . Viewed from afar there was a strong element of humour about this mock Parliament . Prophetic it might be , but it was distinctly droll to hear Honourable Members addressed as `` Madam , '' while some of the statutes embodied in the Constitution-book were quite deliciously unexpected , the special one , which ran , '' _ Members occupying the front benches are requested not to darn stockings during Political _ '' being a constant source of delight to parents and friends . Darsie was a Liberal .