nine o'clock
And , Baron Ned , have Betty with you . A woman is always braver with a woman alongside , and Betty always brings us good luck . Then , too , she can steer the boat ; she knows the river as she knows her father 's house . Remember , nine o'clock , and be sure that Betty is with you . '' I went back to George , and when I told him of Frances 's plan , he said : -- `` If she does not return from the king 's closet as soon as we shall have reason to expect her , we 'll fetch her and make a page of history by leaving a dead king . '' `` In which case the English people would hang us and then bless us . It is their fashion .