nine o'clock
De Chaumont had been over to the headquarters that day in urgent counsel . He was weary of delay and planning an appeal to the French government . General Brown was prepared to give the matter all furtherance in his power , and sent quickly for the Englishman . They brought him over at nine o'clock . We uncovered his eyes and locked the door , and `` gave him a crack at the old Madeira , '' as they used to say , and made him as comfortable as might be at the cheery fireside of the general . `` I 've been thinking , '' said his Lordship . after a drink and a word of courtesy .