five o'clock
Sunday night . This day , as matters could not be ready for our appearance at a better place , we staid at home ; and my dear master employed himself a good deal in his library : And I have been taken up pretty much , I hope , as I ought to be , in thankfulness , prayer and meditation , in my newly-presented closet And I hope God will be pleased to give a blessing to me ; for I have the pleasure to think I am not puffed up with this great alteration ; and yet am I not wanting to look upon all these favours and blessings in the light wherein I ought to receive them , both at the hands of Heaven , and my dear benefactor . We dined together with great pleasure ; and I had , in every word and action , all the instances of kindness and affection that the most indulged heart could wish . He said he would return to his closet again ; and at five o'clock would come and take a walk with me in the garden : And so retired as soon as he had dined , and I went up to mine . About six , he was pleased to come up to me , and said , Now , my dear , I will attend you for a little walk in the garden ; and I gave him my hand with great pleasure . This garden is much better cultivated than the Lincolnshire one ; but that is larger , and has nobler walks in it ; and yet there is a pretty canal in this , and a fountain and cascade . We had a deal of sweet conversation as we walked ; and , after we had taken a turn round , I bent towards the little garden ; and when I came near the summer-house , took the opportunity to slip from him , and just whipt up the steps of this once frightful place , and kneeled down , and said , I bless thee , O God !