five minutes before eight
And may it , My friends , be written on My tomb , `` He was a member of the Congress of our common country , and was ac-Tive in his trust . ''' ` The Com-mittee , sir , ' said the shrill boy , ` will wait upon you at five minutes afore eight . I take My leave , sir ! ' Mr Pogram shook hands with him , and everybody else , once more ; and when they came back again at five minutes before eight , they said , one by one , in a melancholy voice , ` How do you do , sir ? ' and shook hands with Mr Pogram all over again , as if he had been abroad for a twelvemonth in the meantime , and they met , now , at a funeral . But by this time Mr Pogram had freshened himself up , and had composed his hair and features after the Pogram statue , so that any one with half an eye might cry out , ` There he is ! as he delivered the Defiance ! '