nearly one o'clock
It is one which I have still a hope you will not persevere in . `` Nay , young man , I think that I have treated you with generosity , to make you feel that I am not the worst of foes you could have had . All I require of you is , that you should wait here for about an hour . It is now nearly one o'clock ; will you wait until you hear it strike two before you actually make a movement to leave this place ? '' Charles Holland hesitated for some moments , and then he said , -- `` Do not fancy that I am not one who appreciates the singular trust you have reposed in me ; and , however repugnant to me it may be to remain here , a voluntary prisoner , I am inclined to do so , if it be but to convince you that the trust you have reposed in me is not in vain , and that I can behave with equal generosity to you as you can to me . '' `` Be it so , '' said Sir Francis Varney ; `` I shall leave you with a full reliance that you will keep your word ; and now , farewell . When you think of me , fancy me rather one unfortunate than criminal , and tell yourself that even Varney the vampyre had some traits in his character , which , although they might not raise your esteem , at all events did not loudly call for your reprobation . ''