twelve o’clock
Come , come , no objections ; you know that you need not leave the army , you can become unattached , I 'll arrange all that ; apropos , this concerns you , it is from the Horse Guards , you need not read it now though , it is merely your gazette to the company ; your promotion , however , shall not stop there ; however , the important thing I want with you is this , I wish you to start for England to-morrow ; circumstances prevent my going from this for a few days . You can see L ____ and W ____ , & c. , and explain all I have to say ; I shall write a few letters , and some hints for your own guidance ; and as Kilkee never would have head for these matters , I look to your friendship to do it for me . '' Looking only to the post , as the proposal suited my already made resolve to quit Munich , I acceded at once , and assured Lord Callonby that I should be ready in an hour . `` Quite right , Lorrequer , but still I shall not need this , you can not leave before eleven or twelve o'clock , in fact I have another service to exact at your hands before we part with you ; meanwhile , try and get some sleep , you are not likely to know anything of a bed before you reach the Clarendon . '' So saying , he hurried me from the room , and as he closed the door , I heard him muttering his satisfaction , that already so far all had been well arranged . Sleep came on me , without my feeling it , and amid all the distracting cares and pressing thoughts that embarrassed me , I only awoke when the roll of the caleche sounded beneath my window , and warned me that I must be stirring and ready for the road . Since it is to be thus , thought I , it is much better that this opportunity should occur of my getting away at once , and thus obviate all the unpleasantness of my future meeting with Lady Jane ; and the thousand conjectures that my departure , so sudden and unannounced might give rise to .