eight o'clock
in the morning
`` Very true , '' replied he . `` I can only say that if you do succeed , I will reward you handsomely ; but she is so strictly watched that I am afraid it will be impossible . However , a despairing , like a drowning man , will catch at a straw ; and I will see whether you will be able to assist me . '' He then informed me that there was no one in the house except her uncle and his servants , all of whom were spies upon her ; that my only chance was watching if she were permitted to walk in the garden alone , which might be the case ; and perhaps , by concealing myself from eight o'clock in the morning till the evening under the parapet wall , I might find an opportunity . He directed me to be at the foot of the bridge next morning at seven o'clock , when he would come with a letter written for me to deliver , if possible . We had then arrived at Fulham . He landed , and putting a guinea in my hand , mounted his horse , which his servant -LSB- had -RSB- walked up and down , waiting for him , and rode off .