nine o’clock in the
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He was no sooner got to her bed-side , but he fell dead upon it ; while she , who was afraid to alarm her lady and _ Philander _ , lest _ Octavio _ , being found there , had accused her with betraying them ; but shutting the door close , -LRB- for yet no body had seen him but herself -RRB- she endeavoured all she could to bring him to life again , and it was a great while before she could do so : as soon as he was recovered , he lay a good while without speaking , reflecting on his fate ; but after appearing as if he had assumed all his manly spirits together , he rose up , and conjured _ Antonet _ to say nothing of what had happened , and that she should not repent the service she would do him by it . _ Antonet _ , who was his absolute , devoted slave , promised him all he desired ; and he had the courage to go once again , to confirm himself in the lewdness of this undone fair one , whose perjuries had rendered her even odious now to him , and he beheld her with scorn and disdain : and that she might know how indifferently he did so , -LRB- when she should come to know it -RRB- he took _ Philander _ ' . sword that lay on her _ toilet _ , and left his own in the place , and went out pleased ; at least in this , that he had commanded his passion in the midst of the most powerful occasion for madness and revenge that ever was . They lay thus secured in each other 's arms till nine o'clock in the morning , when _ Philander _ received a note from _ Brilliard _ , who was managing his lord 's design of getting a billet delivered to _ Calista _ by the way of a nun , whom _ Brilliard _ had made some address to , to that end , and sent to beg his lord would come to the grate , and speak to the young nun , who had undertaken for any innocent message . This note made him rise and haste to go out , when he received another from an unknown hand ; which was thus : * * * * * _ To _ Philander . My Lord , I have important business with you , and beg I may speak with you at three of the clock ; I will wait for you by the fountain in the park : Yours . * * * * * _ Sylvia _ , who was impatient to have him gone , never asked to see either of these notes , lest it should have deterred him ; and she knew _ Octavio _ would visit her early though she knew withal she could refuse him entrance with any slight excuse , so good an opinion he had of her virtue , and so absolute an ascendant she had over him .