à ma dévotion, devoted to me

4. à la bonne heure, Oh, that's all right then. This phrase has many meanings which must be divined from what precedes. In general it denotes approval.

Page 35. — 1. . . . faire passer, advance him. — officier is at least a lieutenant ; Masham, though an ensign, was not yet an officier.

2. ... se doutait, supposed to exist; se douter, to suspect, to have an inkling, etc.