about three o’clock
He had scarce done speaking to them , and giving me my errand , but his man came up to tell him that Sir W -- -- H -- -- 's coach stopped at the door ; so he runs down , and comes up again immediately . `` Alas ! '' says he aloud , `` there 's all my mirth spoiled at once ; sir W -- -- has sent his coach for me , and desires to speak with me upon some earnest business . '' It seems this Sir W -- -- was a gentleman who lived about three miles out of town , to whom he had spoken on purpose the day before , to lend him his chariot for a particular occasion , and had appointed it to call for him , as it did , about three o'clock . Immediately he calls for his best wig , hat , and sword , and ordering his man to go to the other place to make his excuse -- that was to say , he made an excuse to send his man away -- he prepares to go into the coach . As he was going , he stopped a while , and speaks mighty earnestly to me about his business , and finds an opportunity to say very softly to me , `` Come away , my dear , as soon as ever you can . '' I said nothing , but made a curtsy , as if I had done so to what he said in public .