nine o'clock
`` One thing , Tim : I may be seen in Rippleton . '' `` No matter if you are . Bluff 'em off if they say anything . '' The Rovers were to `` rendezvous '' -- Tim had found this word in the `` Adventures of the Bold Buccaneer '' -- at nine o'clock on Sunday evening at the wood . The arrangements were all completed , and the band dispersed . On Saturday Charles was true to his appointment , and met Tim on the north side of the lake . The money was procured , and the provisions were safely deposited in the boat .