about eleven o'clock
and without further ceremony would have clasped her in his arms , had she not begged him for the love of God to retire ; for should Mr. Hornbeck return and find him there , she would be undone for ever . He was not so blinded by his passion , but that he saw the reasonableness of her fear ; and as he could not pretend to crown his wishes at that interview , he avowed himself her lover , assured her that he would exhaust his whole invention in finding a proper opportunity for throwing himself at her feet ; and in the mean time he ravished sundry small favours , which she in the hurry of her fright , could not withhold from his impudence of address . Having thus settled the preliminaries , he withdrew to his own chamber , and spent the whole night in contriving stratagems to elude the jealous caution of his fellow-traveller . They set out in company , breakfast at Abbeville , dine at Amiens and , about eleven o'clock , arrive at Chantilly where Peregrine executes a Plan which he had concerted upon Hornbeck . The whole company by agreement rose and departed before day , and breakfasted at Abbeville , where they became acquainted with the finesse of their Bernay landlord , who had imposed upon them , in affirming that they would not have been admitted after the gates were shut . From thence they proceeded to Amiens , where they dined , and were pestered by begging friars ; and the roads being deep , it was eleven o'clock at night before they reached Chantilly , where they found supper already dressed , in consequence of having despatched the valet-de-chambre before them on horseback . The constitution of Hornbeck being very much impaired by a life of irregularity , he found himself so fatigued with his day 's journey , which amounted to upwards of a hundred miles , that when he sat down at table , he could scarce sit upright ; and in less than three minutes began to nod in his chair .