seven o'clock
And why not ? Was not he of that world whose code of laws draws the legitimate line of distinction between debts contracted to industrious tradesmen for the necessaries of life , and those which are the result of whim , pride , or vindictiveness ? All recollections of the flaying of the bird , and of the lady 's adjuration to heaven , had given way to the enthusiasm of the noble feeling to obey the dictates of that eternal and immutable code of honour . And by seven o'clock he was at Stewart 's , where he found Hamilton and Cameron waiting for their respective `` pounds of flesh . '' `` Here is the £ 5 , '' cried Hamilton , as he entered ; and , throwing the note upon the table , `` it is for the gull trick . '' `` And here , '' responded the West Indian , `` is your £ 100 for the woman trick . '' And he cast from him the bundle of notes , with a grandeur of both honour and defiance .