ten o'clock
`` I 'm but a poor broken-down soldier , '' says the Colonel , `` and I 've seen better days , though I am forced now to turn my hand to writing . We ca n't help our fate , sir . '' `` You 're the person that Mr. Leach hath spoken to me of , I presume . Have the goodness to speak civilly when you are spoken to -- and tell Leach to call at my lodgings in Bury Street , and bring the papers with him to-night at ten o'clock . And the next time you see me , you 'll know me , and be civil , Mr. Kemp . '' Poor Kemp , who had been a lieutenant at the beginning of the war , and fallen into misfortune , was the writer of the Post-Boy , and now took honest Mr. Leach 's pay in place of her Majesty 's . Esmond had seen this gentleman , and a very ingenious , hardworking honest fellow he was , toiling to give bread to a great family , and watching up many a long winter night to keep the wolf from his door .