Seven o’clock
We must not expect to see him tonight . Betteredge has just come in , to say that Mr. Blake has asked for me . I must lay down my pen for the present . Seven o'clock . -- We have been all over the refurnished rooms and staircases again ; and we have had a pleasant stroll in the shrubbery , which was Mr. Blake 's favourite walk when he was here last . In this way , I hope to revive the old impressions of places and things as vividly as possible in his mind . We are now going to dine , exactly at the hour at which the birthday dinner was given last year .