nine o'clock
`` And thereby precipitate the catastrophe ? Oh , give it thought . It is all it needs . You are taking it for granted that nine o'clock is the hour appointed for King Monmouth 's butchery . '' `` What else ? '' asked Wilding , impatient to be off . They were standing in the street under the sign of The Ship , by which Jonathan Edney -- Mr. Trenchard 's landlord -- distinguished his premises and the chandler 's trade he drove there .