one o'clock
Keep it for my sake , dear Valerie , and do not open the paper accompanying it until you have my permission , or you hear of my being no more . '' I laid the miniature down and opened the first packet given me by Lady R -- . It contained bank-notes to the amount of one hundred pounds , nearly double the salary due to me . The contents of both these packets only made me feel more melancholy , and I sighed heavily as I put them in my dressing-case ; but time ran on , and I had agreed to be at Lady M -- 's at one o'clock , when the carriage would be sent for me . I therefore hastened my toilet , closed the remainder of my luggage , and went down to the breakfast which the cook had prepared for me . While I was at breakfast a letter was brought by the post . It had been directed to Madame Bathurst , and was redirected to Lady R -- 's address .