about eleven o'clock
Had I not been led by several facts to repeat already so many conversations , I should be induced not to bury all that passed at this time in silence ; but though I have taken the liberty , when the relation of facts naturally led to it , to communicate such discourses as were pertinent to the subject , it would be presuming too far on your time to repeat conversations which did not serve to illustrate any particular actions , however worthy they maybe of recollection . I shall therefore only say that it was not with less reluctance I retired to my chamber , at the hour of bed-time , than the night before . The next morning proved rainy , which prevented me from making any early excursion . But as it cleared up about eleven o'clock , Lamont and I went into the garden , to enjoy the fragrance which every herb and flower exhales at this time of the year , after the desirable refreshment of gentle showers . I conducted him to the flower garden , which had so much delighted me the morning before ; and we had not paid due admiration to all the vegetable beauties there exhibited to our view when Mrs Maynard joined us . I told her it was but a poor compliment to her conversation to say I longed for her company , since now my curiosity might occasion that impatience , which I should nevertheless have felt , had I not been left in painful suspense by the interruption we had received the day before , in the midst of her narrative . ` It would be unnatural , ' said she , ` for a woman to quarrel with curiosity ; so far from complaining of yours , I am come merely with a design to gratify it , and only expect you will judge of my desire to oblige you by my readiness in obeying your commands ; were I myself the subject , the motive for my obedience might be equivocal . '