seven o'clock in the morning
Delamere bowed , and with a brisk step , a flushed cheek , and an elated air , betook himself to his dressing-room , to prepare for dinner . Shortly afterwards , Mr. Parkinson made his appearance , and to his infinite amazement was invested instantly with the character of agent for Mr. Delamere , as candidate for the borough ! After he and the earl had heard the following Address read by Delamere , they very heartily approved of it . Mr. Parkinson took it home with him ; it was in the printer 's hands that very night , and by seven o'clock in the morning , was being stuck up plentifully on all the walls in Grilston , and in fact , all over the borough : -- '' _ To the Independent Electors of the Borough of Yatton . _ `` GENTLEMEN -- I hope you will not consider me presumptuous , in venturing to offer myself to your notice as a candidate for the honor of representing you in Parliament . In point of years , I am , I have reason to believe , even younger than the gentleman whom I have come forward to oppose . But , indeed , for the fact of his being personally a comparative stranger to you , I should have paused long before contesting with him the representation of a borough on which he has unquestionably certain legitimate claims .