about nine o'clock
-LSB- An innocent , or injured man , will have friends every where . -RSB- She said , that to bear much with some wives , was to be obliged to bear more ; and I reflected , with a sigh , that tame spirits must always be imposed upon . And then , in my heart , I renewed my vows of revenge upon this haughty and perverse beauty . The second fellow came back from town about nine o'clock , with Miss Howe 's letter of Wednesday last . ` Collins , it seems , when he left it , had desired , that it might be safely and speedily delivered into Miss Laetitia Beaumont 's own hands . But Wilson , understanding that neither she nor I were in town , -LSB- he could not know of our difference thou must think , -RSB- resolved to take care of it till our return , in order to give it into one of our own hands ; and now delivered it to her messenger . ' This was told her .