MONDAY NIGHT, ELEVEN O'CLOCK
-- Nevertheless , that you may not think that I stand in the way of a reconciliation on such fine terms as these , I will be your messenger this once , and hear what my papa will say to it ; although beforehand I can tell you , these proposals will not answer the principal end . So down she went . But , it seems , my aunt Hervey and my uncle Harlowe were not gone away : and as they have all engaged to act in concert , messengers were dispatched to my uncle and aunt to desire them to be there to breakfast in the morning . MONDAY NIGHT , ELEVEN O'CLOCK . I am afraid I shall not be thought worthy -- Just as I began to fear I should not be thought worthy of an answer , Betty rapped at my door , and said , if I were not in bed , she had a letter for me . I had but just done writing the above dialogue , and stept to the door with the pen in my hand -- Always writing , Miss ! said the bold wench : it is admirable how you can get away what you write -- but the fairies , they say , are always at hand to help lovers .