four o'clock in the morning
Jan. 13 , Eleven o'clock . We passed a most agreable evening with your brother , though a large company , which is seldom the case : a most admirable supper , excellent wine , an elegant dessert of preserved fruits , and every body in spirits and good humor . The Colonel was the soul of our entertainment : amongst his other virtues , he has the companionable and convivial ones to an immense degree , which I never had an opportunity of discovering so clearly before . He seemed charmed beyond words to see us all so happy : we staid till four o'clock in the morning , yet all complained to-day we came away too soon . I need not tell you we had fiddles , for there is no entertainment in Canada without them : never was such a race of dancers . One o'clock . The dear man is come , and with an equipage which puts the Empress of Russia 's tranieau to shame .