Twelve o'clock
5th . We had last night , during the ball , the most dreadful storm I ever heard ; it seemed to shake the whole habitable globe . Heaven preserve my Emily from its fury : I have a thousand fears on her account . Twelve o'clock . Your brother is arrived ; he has been here about an hour : he flew to Silleri , without going at all to Quebec ; he enquired for Emily ; he would not believe she was gone . There is no expressing how much he was shocked when convinced she had taken this voyage without him ; he would have followed her in an open boat , in hopes of overtaking her at Coudre , if my father had not detained him almost by force , and at last convinced him of the impossibility of overtaking her , as the winds , having been constantly fair , must before this have carried them out of the river . He has sent his servant to Quebec , with orders to take passage for him in the first ship that sails ; his impatience is not to be described .