nine o'clock in the morning
I hope you can depend upon the person you empowered to receive your jewels and cash ? I must own his proceedings are a little extraordinary ; for after he had rummaged your scrutoire , from which , in presence of me and your servant , he took one hundred and fifty guineas , a parcel of diamond rings and buckles , according to this here inventory , which I wrote with my own hand , and East India bonds to the tune of five hundred more , we adjourned to Garraway 's , where he left me alone , under pretence of going to a broker of his acquaintance who lived in the neighbourhood , while the valet , as I imagined , waited for us in the alley . Well , sir , he stayed so long , that I began to be uneasy , and at length resolved to send the servant in quest of him , but when I went out for that purpose , deuce a servant was to be found ; though I in person inquired for him at every alehouse within half a mile of the place . I then despatched no less than five ticket porters upon the scent after them , and I myself , by a direction from the bar-keeper , went to Signior Ratchcali 's lodgings , where , as they told me , he had not been seen since nine o'clock in the morning . Upon this intimation , I came directly hither , to give you timely notice , that you may without delay take measures for your own security . The best thing you can do , is to take out writs for apprehending him , in the counties of Middlesex , Surrey , Kent , and Essex , and I shall put them in the hands of trusty and diligent officers , who will soon ferret him out of his lurking-place , provided he skulks within ten miles of the bills of mortality . To be sure , the job will be expensive ; and all these runners must be paid beforehand .