about one o'clock
My dear Miss Darnford , then , let me acquaint your ladyship , arrived on Thursday last : she had given us notice , by a line , of the day she set out ; and Sir Simon and Lady Darnford saw her ten miles on the way to the stage coach in Sir Simon 's coach , Mr. Murray attending her on horseback . They parted with her , as was easy to guess from her merit , with great tenderness ; and we are to look upon the visit -LRB- as we do -RRB- as a high favour from her papa and mamma ; who , however , charge her not to exceed a month in and out , which I regret much . Mr. B. kindly proposed to me , as she came in the stage coach , attended with one maid-servant , to meet her part of the way in his coach and six , if , as he was pleased to say , it would not be too fatiguing to me ; and we would go so early , as to dine at St. Alban 's . I gladly consented , and we got thither about one o'clock ; and while dinner was preparing , he was pleased to shew me the great church there , and the curious vault of the good Duke of Gloucester , and also the monument of the great Lord Chancellor Bacon in St. Michael 's church ; all which , no doubt , your ladyship has seen . There happened to be six passengers in the stage coach , including Miss Darnford and her maid ; she was exceeding glad to be relieved from them , though the weather was cold enough , two of the passengers being not very agreeable company , one a rough military man , and the other a positive humoursome old gentlewoman : and the others two sisters -- `` who jangled now and then , '' said she , `` as much as _ my _ sister , and my sister 's _ sister _ . '' Judge how joyful this meeting was to us both . Mr. B. was no less delighted , and said , he was infinitely obliged to Sir Simon for this precious trust .