nine o'clock
I had told her that I `` was keeping to my resolution , '' but that `` I should be in some peril for a good while to come , '' and begged her to remember me often in her pure prayers . -RRB- A fellow came to my lodgings about the middle of January , with a letter from my Lord Essex . It ran as follows : `` SIR , -- With regard to some matters of which we spoke together on the occasion of our very pleasant ride to town last month , I am very anxious to see you again . Pray do not write any answer to this ; but if you can meet me on Thursday night at the house of my friend Mr. West , in Creed Lane , at nine o'clock , we may have a little conversation with some other friends of ours . I am , sir , your obliged servant , `` Essex . '' I told the fellow that the answer was Yes . My Lord had been to see me in Covent Garden twice , but had said very little that was at all explicit ; but Mr. Chiffinch had bid me hold myself in readiness , and put aside all else for the further invitations that would surely come .