about eleven
o'clock
Before her departure , she summoned her steward , Mr Hazelwood , and desired him to be circumspect during her absence , `` owing to the mischances happening in the county . '' Mistress Littleton having ridden forth on her journey , her worthy brother , Mr Humphrey , commonly called Red Humphrey , who certainly did not share the discretion of his sister , determined to play the mouse during the absence of his cat , and to convey his traitor-friends into his own chamber at Hagley Park . There is reason to think that Mistress Littleton was not only a sagacious but also a somewhat managing dame , who rode Red Humphrey with a tighter curb than that reckless individual approved . Accordingly , having heard of Poynter 's escape , and taking one person only into his confidence , he repaired to the barn about eleven o'clock that night , and smuggled his cousin and friend away from the barley mow into the pleasanter shelter of his own room in Hagley Park . The one person thus selected as Humphrey 's confidant , was John Fynwood or Fynes , alias `` Jobber , '' also known as John Cook , from the office which he bore in the household . Humphrey had brought him up , and when come to suitable age , had induced his sister-in-law to engage him as cook : he therefore expected this man , being thus beholden to him , to remain faithful to his interests . But there was another person whose interests were considerably dearer to John Cook , and that was himself .