three in the morning
I could say a great deal more on this occasion ; but , upon my word , I am quite out of humour with it : for I liked my English Mr. B. better than my Spaniard : and the Nun I approved not by any means ; though there were some who observed , that she was one of the gracefullest figures in the place . And , indeed , in spite of my own heart , I could not help thinking so too . Your ladyship knows so well what _ masquerades _ are , that I may well be excused saying any thing further on a subject I am so little pleased with : for you only desire my notions of those diversions , because I am a novice in them ; and this , I doubt not , will doubly serve to answer that purpose . I shall only therefore add , that after an hundred other impertinences spoken to Miss Darnford and me , and retorted with spirit by her , and as well as I could by myself , quite sick of the place , I feigned to be more indisposed than I was , and so got my beloved Spaniard to go off with us , and reached home by three in the morning . And so much for _ masquerades _ . I hope I shall never have occasion to mention them again to your ladyship . I am , my dearest Madam , _ your ever obliged sister and servant _ , P.B.