ten o'clock
But nothing of the sort occurred , and before the dinner was over , I was still more convinced that whoever the Abbé du Boise might be , he was not Hamilton . After dinner came the heavy wines , of which the Abbé did not partake , and of which De Grammont and I drank sparingly . All the others , including the king , were gloriously drunk long before the night was over . While smoking our pipes , the king , who was eager to get his hands on French money , told the Abbé that he hoped to see him , with his credentials , at Whitehall on the second morning following at ten o'clock , and the Abbé said he would leave his credentials with my Lord Clarendon , and would be at Whitehall at the hour suggested by the king , for the purpose of making the French king 's offer . Most of the guests went home between two men , very late at night , but fortunately I was able to walk home by myself . I was both glad and disappointed not to find George in the gown of the Abbé . I was glad because of the risk he would have taken had he come to England , yet disappointed in missing what would have been the most picturesque , daring personal exploit of English court history .