About eleven o'clock
He jumped out , with the precious deed in his pocket , the instant that his chaise-door was opened , and ran off , without saying more than -- `` I 'm gone to the Attorney-General 's . '' This was heard by many passers-by and persons standing round ; and it spread far and wide that something of the utmost importance had transpired , with reference to the great ejectment cause of Mr. Aubrey . Soon afterwards , messengers and clerks , belonging to Mr. Runnington and Mr. Parkinson , were to be seen running to and fro , summoning Mr. Sterling , Mr. Crystal , Mr. Mansfield , and also Mr. Aubrey , to a second consultation at the Attorney-General 's . About eleven o'clock they were all assembled . The deed which had occasioned all this excitement , was one calculated indeed to produce that effect ; and it filled the minds of all present with astonishment and delight . It was , in a word , a DEED OF CONFIRMATION by OLD DREDDLINGTON , the father of Harry Dreddlington , of the conveyance by the latter to Geoffrey Dreddlington , who , in the manner already mentioned to the reader , had got an assignment of that conveyance to himself . After the Attorney-General had satisfied himself as to the account to be given of the deed -- the custody whence it came , namely , the attorney for the defendant ; Mr. Parkinson undertaking to swear , without any hesitation , that whatever deeds of Mr. Aubrey 's he possessed , he had taken from the muniment room at Yatton -- the second consultation broke up .