ten o'clock
The blow has left a weakness of the stomach I suppose I shall never recover from ; and the occurrence being so singular , I have actually never asked for a pension , -- there are people , by Jove ! would throw discredit on it . '' This latter observation seemed so perfectly to sum up our own thoughts on the matter that we really had nothing to remark on it ; and after a silence of a few seconds , politely relieved by the countess hinting at coffee in the drawing-room , we arose and followed her . Before I parted with Bubbleton that evening be promised to breakfast with me on the following morning ; and true to his word , entered my quarters soon after ten o'clock . I longed to have an opportunity of talking to him alone , and learning some intelligence of that country , which , young as I had left it , was still hallowed in memory as my own . `` Eh , by Jupiter ! this is something like a quarter , -- gilded mouldings , frescos , silk hangings , and Persian rugs .