About six o'clock in the afternoon
I will , however , be bold enough to assure you that could I bring myself to be the wife of any man I would now become your wife . But I shall never marry again . Nevertheless , I am your most affectionate friend , MATILDA CARBURY . About six o'clock in the afternoon she sent this letter to Mr. Broune 's rooms in Pall Mall East , and then sat for awhile alone , -- full of regrets . She had thrown away from her a firm footing which would certainly have served her for her whole life . Even at this moment she was in debt , -- and did not know how to pay her debts without mortgaging her life income . She longed for some staff on which she could lean .