About nine he said he would rise.

The servant, however, persuaded him to remain in bed till Mr.Farquhar, who was expected at eleven, should come.

Till about that hour he spoke with great facility.

Mr.Farquhar came at the time appointed, and he was then visibly dying.

When the _valet-de-chambre_ returned, after attending Mr.Farquhar out of the room, Mr.Gibbon said, 'Pourquoi est ce que vous me quittez ?' This was about half-past eleven.