three o'clock in the morning
`` My lord , however , came to dinner , according to invitation , and did not seem at all alarmed when my maid told him I was gone , but stepped to my lawyer to know if he thought I should return . Upon his answering in the affirmative , and advising his lordship to go back in the meantime , and eat the dinner I had provided , he very deliberately took his advice , made a very hearty meal , drank his bottle of wine , and , as I did not return according to his expectation , withdrew in order to consult his associates . This motion of his furnished my woman with an opportunity of making her retreat ; and , when he returned at night , the coast was clear , and he found nobody in the house , but a porter , who had been left to take care of the furniture . He was so enraged at this disappointment , that he made a furious noise , which raised the whole neighbourhood , reinforced his crew with the authority of a justice of the peace , tarried in the street till three o'clock in the morning , discharged a lodging he had hired at a barber 's shop opposite to the house from which I had escaped , and retired with the comfortable reflection of having done everything which a man could do to retrieve me . `` The hurry of spirits and surprise I had undergone in effecting this retreat , produced such a disorder in my constitution , that I began to fear I should be delivered before I could be provided with the necessaries for the occasion . I signified my apprehension to Mr. S -- , who , with infinite care and concern , endeavoured to find a more convenient place ; and , after all his inquiries , was obliged to fix upon a paltry apartment in the city , though his tenderness was extremely shocked at the necessity of choosing it . However , there was no remedy , nor time to be lost , To this miserable habitation I was carried in a hackney-coach ; and , though extremely ill , bore my fate with spirit and resignation , in testimony of my sincere and indelible attachment to my lover , for whose case and pleasure , I could have suffered every inconvenience , and even sacrificed my life .