twelve
o'clock precisely
`` True , true , I forgot your Bucephalus . You are a foolish lad , by the by , for purchasing the brute outright ; you should stick to eighteenpence a side , if you will trust any creature 's legs in preference to your own . '' `` Why , as the horse 's have the advantage of moving considerably faster , and are , besides , two pair to one , I own I incline '' -- `` Enough said -- enough said -- do as you please . Well then , I 'll bring either Grizel or the minister , for I love to have my full pennyworth out of post-horses -- and we meet at Tirlingen turnpike on Friday , at twelve o'clock precisely . '' -- And with this ageement the friends separated . Of seats they tell , where priests , ` mid tapers dim , Breathed the warm prayer , or tuned the midnight hymn To scenes like these the fainting soul retired ; Revenge and Anger in these cells expired : By Pity soothed , Remorse lost half her fears , And softened Pride dropped penitential tears . Crabbe 's Borough .