five in the morning
`` Yes , sir . I shall be ready in a moment , '' I replied . We were soon rattling over the pavements in a cab that had been waiting at the door . On arriving at the Northwestern Hotel we were informed that a steamer would leave for New York at five in the morning . We drove at once to the dock and having succeeded in making comfortable arrangements for my passage Mr. Earl went aboard the steamer with me . In a retired corner of the great cabin I confessed to him that there was a girl in Liverpool for whom I had a feeling of extraordinary tenderness . He laughed heartily and insisted that I should tell him all the particulars .