3 A.M.
Already two of our friends , and one of them my own born brother , have perished in the enterprise . He himself , or I am much deceived , is taken in the same fatal toils . But at least he still lives and still hopes , as this billet sufficiently proves . '' And the speaker , no other than Colonel Geraldine , proffered a letter , thus conceived : -- `` MAJOR HAMMERSMITH , -- On Wednesday , at 3 A.M. , you will be admitted by the small door to the gardens of Rochester House , Regent 's Park , by a man who is entirely in my interest . I must request you not to fail me by a second . Pray bring my case of swords , and , if you can find them , one or two gentlemen of conduct and discretion to whom my person is unknown . My name must not be used in this affair .