nine o'clock
`` Ah , but how will you get away from the closet ? '' I asked . `` If he will permit me to be the messenger , I can easily escape , but for fear he will not , you and George shall act as my watermen . Have a boat waiting for me near the garden stairs at nine o'clock , and we 'll go by river to the king 's private stairs . I 'll go by myself to his closet and will come back to you by some means with the signed treaty . And , Baron Ned , have Betty with you . A woman is always braver with a woman alongside , and Betty always brings us good luck .