ten o'clock at night
Monday , the fifth day . I have had very little of my dear friend 's company this day ; for he only staid breakfast with me , and rode out to see a sick gentleman about eighteen miles off , who begged -LRB- by a man and horse on purpose -RRB- to speak with him , believing he should not recover , and upon part of whose estate my master has a mortgage . He said , My dearest , I shall be very uneasy , if I am obliged to tarry all night from you ; but , lest you should be alarmed , if I do n't come home by ten , do n't expect me : For poor Mr. Carlton and I have pretty large concerns together ; and if he should be very ill , and would be comforted by my presence , -LRB- as I know he loves me , and his family will be more in my power , if he dies , than I wish for , -RRB- charity will not let me refuse . It is now ten o'clock at night , and I fear he will not return . I fear , for the sake of his poor sick friend , who , I doubt , is worse . Though I know not the gentleman , I am sorry for his own sake , for his family 's sake , and for my dear master 's sake , who , by his kind expressions , I find , loves him : And , methinks , I should be sorry any grief should touch his generous heart ; though yet there is no living in this world , without too many occasions for concern , even in the most prosperous state . And it is fit it should be so ; or else , poor wretches , as we are !