ten o'clock
I must n't tarry now , for our Betty 's off ; and I 've much to do at home , for to-morrow 'll be a busy day for me . '' A little later on , towards nine o'clock , one of the men in the plot passed by Johnson 's house , and heard his voice in conversation with some one else . All , therefore , was in a right train for their scheme to succeed . At ten o'clock the whole party met in a lane near Will Jones 's . `` It 's all right , '' said the man who had heard Johnson in conversation with another man a short time before . `` Thomas 'll be fast asleep afore long . The window 's all right , too ; I just slipped round to the back and looked at it . ''