six o’clock
I know not how the lover had behaved on the road , so as to decline in the favour of his inamorata ; but , in all probability , Dutton perceived a coldness on her side , which encouraged him to whisper , it was a pity she should have cast affections upon a taylor , which he affirmed the Irishman to be . This discovery completed her disgust , of which my man taking the advantage , began to recommend himself to her good graces , and the smooth-tongued rascal found no difficulty to insinuate himself into the place of her heart , from which the other had been discarded -- Their resolution was immediately taken . In the morning , before day , while poor Teague lay snoring a-bed , his indefatigable rival ordered a post-chaise , and set out with the lady for Coldstream , a few miles up the Tweed , where there was a parson who dealt in this branch of commerce , and there they were noosed , before the Irishman ever dreamt of the matter . But when he got up at six o'clock , and found the bird was flown , he made such a noise as alarmed the whole house . One of the first persons he encountered , was the postilion returned from Coldstream , where he had been witness to the marriage , and over and above an handsome gratuity , had received a bride 's favour , which he now wore in his cap -- When the forsaken lover understood they were actually married , and set out for London ; and that Dutton had discovered to the lady , that he -LRB- the Hibernian -RRB- was a taylor , he had like to have run distracted . He tore the ribbon from the fellow 's cap , and beat it about his ears . He swore he would pursue him to the gates of hell , and ordered a post-chaise and four to be got ready as soon as possible ; but , recollecting that his finances would not admit of this way of travelling , he was obliged to countermand this order .