four o'clock
Before evening 't was known through Ardevora that the Parson 's votes and interests had been booked by the Tories ; which , of course , only made the Church rebels -LRB- as you might call them -RRB- the more set on standing by their conversion and voting for the Whigs . Nobody could tell their numbers for certain , but nobody put them down under twenty ; and both the Doctor and Mr. Saule called on Kitty that evening with faces like fiddles . But Kitty was n't to be daunted . `` My dears , '' she said , `` if the worst comes to the worst , and you ca n't win these votes back by four o'clock to-morrow , I 've a stocking full of guineas at your service ; and I ha 'n' t lived in Ardevora all this while without picking up the knowledge how to spend 'em ; and _ that 's _ at your service too . But we 'll try a cheaper way first , '' says she , smiling to herself very comfortably . Up at Tregoose they 'd put Lord William and the old Squire to bed : and a score of Whig supporters spent the best part of the evening downstairs in the dining-room , with Major Dyngwall in the chair , working out the Voters ' List and making fresh calculations . On the whole they felt cheerful enough , and showed it : but they had to own , first , that the Parson 's votes were almost as bad as lost , whereas the amount of gains could n't be reckoned with certainty : and second , that , resting as they did upon a confusion between religious feeling and the stomach-ache , 't was important that Lord William should recover by next morning , show himself about the town and at the hustings , and clinch the mistake .