Eleven o'clock
O to be sure ! Emily has sent for me to her apartment . Adieu for a moment . Eleven o'clock . She has shewn me Mrs. Melmoth 's letter on the subject of concluding the marriage immediately : it is in the true spirit of family impertinence . She writes with the kind discreet insolence of a relation ; and Emily has answered her with the genuine spirit of an independent Englishwoman , who is so happy as to be her own mistress , and who is therefore determined to think for herself . She has refused going to Montreal at all this winter ; and has hinted , though not impolitely , that she wants no guardian of her conduct but herself ; adding a compliment to my ladyship 's discretion so very civil , it is impossible for me to repeat it with decency .