half past five
He crossed himself before it , and was most devout . It looked singular to see this big , rough soldier , who was in most things a swaggerer , so childlike in all that touched his religion . With this you could fetch him to his knees ; with it I would cow him that I might myself escape . At half past five the chaplain came , having been delayed by the guard to have his order indorsed by Captain Lancy of the Governor 's household . To him I told my plans so far as I thought he should know them , and then I explained what I wished him to do . He was grave and thoughtful for some minutes , but at last consented . He was a pious man , and of as honest a heart as I have known , albeit narrow and confined , which sprang perhaps from his provincial practice and his theological cutting and trimming .