noon on Thursday
By latest advices the invalid is well on his way to recovery . In the evening there was a grand display of fireworks on the Town Quay , conducted by the Magistrates , to whom every praise is due for their efforts to promote conviviality and order . '' For six days Troy continued to rejoice , winding up each day with a dance . We will content ourselves , however , with one last extract from _ The Plymouth and Dock Telegraph _ : `` At noon on Thursday the town assembled again and escorted its Mayor and Mayoress to the Hymen Hospital , where , in the presence of a distinguished company , Mrs. Hansombody -LRB- ward and heiress of the late S. Hymen -RRB- unveiled a bust of her gallant kinsman , whose premature heroic death Troy has never ceased to lament . Sir Felix Felix-Williams made eulogistic reference to the deceased , remarking on the number of instances by which the late war had confirmed the truth of the Roman poet 's observation that it is pleasant and seemly to die for one 's country . The Mayor responded on behalf of his amiable lady , whom Sir Felix 's tribute had visibly affected . The sculpture was pronounced to be a lifelike image , reflecting great credit on the artist , Mr. Tipping , R.A. .