one o'clock
We found that a steamer for Hamburg was likely to suit our purpose best , and we directed our thoughts chiefly to that vessel . But we noted down what other foreign steamers would leave London with the same tide , and we satisfied ourselves that we knew the build and color of each . We then separated for a few hours : I , to get at once such passports as were necessary ; Herbert , to see Startop at his lodgings . We both did what we had to do without any hindrance , and when we met again at one o'clock reported it done . I , for my part , was prepared with passports ; Herbert had seen Startop , and he was more than ready to join . Those two should pull a pair of oars , we settled , and I would steer ; our charge would be sitter , and keep quiet ; as speed was not our object , we should make way enough . We arranged that Herbert should not come home to dinner before going to Mill Pond Bank that evening ; that he should not go there at all to-morrow evening , Tuesday ; that he should prepare Provis to come down to some stairs hard by the house , on Wednesday , when he saw us approach , and not sooner ; that all the arrangements with him should be concluded that Monday night ; and that he should be communicated with no more in any way , until we took him on board .