nine o'clock
What a pity that a man with so good a heart should be so weak in the head ! Then , sir , I shall take no notice of this at present , but leave the whole affair in your hands . '' `` Do , Sawbridge ; you have obliged me very much by your kindness in this business . '' Mr Sawbridge then took his leave , and Captain Wilson despatched a note to our hero , requesting the pleasure of his company to breakfast at nine o'clock the ensuing morning . The answer was in the affirmative , but verbal , for Jack had drunk too much champagne to trust his pen to paper . In which Mr Easy finds himself on the other side of the Bay of Biscay . The next morning Jack Easy would have forgotten all about his engagement with the captain , had it not been for the waiter , who thought that , after the reception which our hero had given the first lieutenant , it would be just as well that he should not be disrespectful to the captain .