the hour of four
And he disappeared behind the door of my Uncle , the General Robert . I went to the duty of assuring the nice gentleman in very rough clothing that the Gouverneur would in the morning read the paper on the subject of making a long road past his property in good condition by a vote , and I was of a very great success in my efforts , the good Cato assured me . `` You 's got a fine oiled tongue tied in the middle and loose at both ends , honey . Yo ' father had the same , '' he assured me as he handed me my hat and walking cane at the hour of four , which ended my duties for the day . Roberta , Marquise of Grez and Bye , did so long to go into that room of the Gouverneur Faulkner and receive upon her hand one nice kiss of good night from him , but Mr. Robert Carruthers walked down from the Capitol and only paused to lift for a little second his very handsome hat towards the window of His Excellency 's room high up above . And the encounter with the beautiful Madam Whitworth was much worse than I had thought that it would be , though also it was of a very interesting excitement . She had made armaments for the encounter in the shape of a very lovely tea apparel of an increditable thinness to be used for covering , a little low fire in the golden grate , and curtains of rose to throw somewhat of glow over the situation .