Twelve o'clock
the fellow is here , has followed me to my dressing-room ; was ever any thing so confident ? These modest men have ten times the assurance of your impudent fellows . I believe absolutely he is going to make love to me : 't is a critical hour , Lucy ; and to rob one 's friend of a lover is really a temptation . Twelve o'clock . The dear man is gone , and has made all up : he insisted on my explaining the reasons of the cold reception he had met with ; which you know was impossible , without betraying the secret of poor Emily 's little foolish heart . I however contrived to let him know we were a little piqued at his going without seeing us , and that we were something inclined to be jealous of his _ friendship _ for Madame Des Roches . He made a pretty decent defence ; and , though I do n't absolutely acquit him of coquetry , yet upon the whole I think I forgive him .