four o'clock in the morning
Rivers . To Miss Rivers , Clarges Street . Silleri , Oct. 20 . I danced last night till four o'clock in the morning -LRB- if you will allow the expression -RRB- , without being the least fatigued : the little Fitzgerald was my partner , who grows upon me extremely ; the monkey has a way of being attentive and careless by turns , which has an amazing effect ; nothing attaches a woman of my temper so much to a lover as her being a little in fear of losing him ; and he keeps up the spirit of the thing admirably . Your brother and Emily danced together , and I think I never saw either of them look so handsome ; she was a thousand times more admired at this ball than the first , and reason good , for she was a thousand times more agreable ; your brother is really a charming fellow , he is an immense favorite with the ladies ; he has that very pleasing general attention , which never fails to charm women ; he can even be particular to one , without wounding the vanity of the rest : if he was in company with twenty , his mistress of the number , his manner would be such , that every woman there would think herself the second in his esteem ; and that , if his heart had not been unluckily pre-engaged , she herself should have been the object of his tenderness . His eyes are of immense use to him ; he looks the civilest things imaginable ; his whole countenance speaks whatever he wishes to say ; he has the least occasion for words to explain himself of any man I ever knew . Fitzgerald has eyes too , I assure you , and eyes that know how to speak ; he has a look of saucy unconcern and inattention , which is really irresistible .