11 o'clock
They were alluding to an autograph letter which had been addressed to Mr. Quirk by Grizzlegut , -LRB- who had been executed for high treason a few weeks before , -RRB- the night before he suffered . He was a blood-stained scoundrel of the deepest dye , and ought to have been hanged and quartered half a dozen times . `` Will you read it aloud , Mr. Hug ? '' inquired Miss Quirk ; and the barrister , with solemn emphasis , read the following remarkable document : -- '' _ Condemned Cell , Newgate , _ _ Sunday night , half-past 11 o'clock , _ _ 30th April , 18 -- . _ `` SIR , `` At this awful moment , when this world is closing rapidly upon me and my fellow-sufferers , and the sounds of the wretches putting up the Grim Gallows are audible to my listening ears , and on the morrow the most horrible death that _ malicious tyrants _ can inflict awaits me , my soul being calm and full of fortitude , and beating responsive to the call of GLORIOUS LIBERTY , I feel prouder than the King upon his throne . I feel that I have done much to secure the liberties of my _ injured country _ . ` For Liberty , glorious Liberty , Who 'd fear to die ? '