eight o’clock
On the eve of his departure , Lord Monmouth desired his grandson to meet him in his apartments on the morrow , before quitting his roof . This farewell visit was as kind and gracious as the first one had been repulsive . Lord Monmouth gave Coningsby his blessing and ten pounds ; desired that he would order a dress , anything he liked , for the approaching Montem , which Lord Monmouth meant to attend ; and informed his grandson that he should order that in future a proper supply of game and venison should be forwarded to Eton for the use of himself and his friends . After eight o'clock school , the day following the return of Coningsby , according to custom , he repaired to Buckhurst 's room , where Henry Sydney , Lord Vere , and our hero held with him their breakfast mess . They were all in the fifth form , and habitual companions , on the river or on the Fives ' Wall , at cricket or at foot-ball . The return of Coningsby , their leader alike in sport and study , inspired them to-day with unusual spirits , which , to say the truth , were never particularly depressed . Where he had been , what he had seen , what he had done , what sort of fellow his grandfather was , whether the visit had been a success ; here were materials for almost endless inquiry .