seven o'clock
The negro tells him he is a labourer on the wharf , and can not leave to conduct him to an hotel ; he will , however , direct the stranger to a comfortable abode in Church Street . It is quiet and unostentatious , but will serve his purpose . Placing a piece of money in the negro 's hand , he assures him that he is his friend-has much need of his services-will pay him well for their employment . He has equally aroused the negro 's curiosity ; and , were it nothing more than satisfying that , he would be faithful to his promise to call the same night at seven o'clock . Precisely at that hour the negro will fulfil his engagement . The stranger wends his way to Church Street , and up a narrow alley , on the left hand side , finds comfortable apartments , as directed . Here he makes his toilet , and sallies out to reconnoitre the city .