about nine o'clock in the evening
Nevertheless Mr. Monk made his speech , and put all his arguments into lucid order . He knew it was for nothing , but nevertheless it must be done . For hour after hour he went on , -- for it was necessary to give every detail of his contemplated proposition . He went through it as sedulously as though he had expected to succeed , and sat down about nine o'clock in the evening . Then Sir Orlando moved the adjournment of the House till the morrow , giving as his reason for doing so the expedience of considering the details he had heard . To this no opposition was made , and the House was adjourned . On the following day the clubs were all alive with rumours as to the coming debate .