About ten o'clock
You can safely depend for that upon the lady . In the mean time , pray present her with my compliments and congratulations on so ingenious a shifting of responsibility , and remind her that I expect to pay her my respects on the morrow . '' But on the morrow I did not keep my appointment . About ten o'clock that morning , as I was with General Murray , chatting over the fire in his quarters in the rue St. Louis , we were interrupted by an aide , who entered in great excitement . `` Your Excellency , a ship is in sight from the lookout ! '' `` Good heavens , Kirkconnel ! This decides it ! ''