eight o'clock
If you are really the Count de Melvil , you will excuse my caution . We can not be too much on our guard against fraud ; though I must own you have not the air of an impostor . '' Renaldo 's eyes began to sparkle at this preliminary question ; to which he replied , that he could procure the testimony of the Emperor 's minister , to whom he had occasionally paid his respects since his first arrival in England . `` If that be the case , '' said the Jew , `` take the trouble to call here to-morrow morning , at eight o'clock , and I will carry you in my own coach to the house of his excellency , with whom I have the honour to be acquainted ; and , if he has nothing to object against your character or pretensions , I will contribute my assistance towards your obtaining justice at the Imperial court . '' The Hungarian was so much confounded at this unexpected reception , that he had not power to thank the merchant for his promised favour , but stood motionless and silent , while the streams of emotion of the heart was of more weight with the Jew , than the eloquent acknowledgment which Ferdinand took the opportunity of making for his friend ; and he was fain to dismiss them a little abruptly , in order to prevent a second discharge of that same rheum of which he had already complained . Melvil recollected all that had happened as a dream , which had no foundation in truth , and was all day long in a sort of delirium , produced by the alternate gusts of hope and fear that still agitated his bosom ; for he was not yet without apprehension of being again disappointed by some unlucky occurrence . He did not , however , fail to be punctual to the hour of his appointment , when the Jew told him , there would be no occasion for visiting the ambassador , because Renaldo had been , the preceding day , recognised by one of the clerks who had been employed as a purveyor in the Imperial army ; and who , knowing his family , confirmed everything he had alleged .