nine o'clock
His first impulse was to take to his heels and race madly back to Freddy with the news . He curbed the impulse , though , and started along the street at an even gait . So Pierre Deschaud _ was _ alive ? He and Freddy were to meet him in secret at nine o'clock that night ! What would Deschaud tell them ? Did he really have information about a Nazi attempt to invade England ? Colonel Fraser had said that he was willing to stake his life that Deschaud knew , but that was n't proof that Deschaud actually did know .