eleven
o'clock at night
They embarked on board a vessel , and were landed near the mouth of the Mark , as De Berg was this time going to carry the peat up the river instead of down , fearing that the passage of seventy men through the country would attract attention . The same night Prince Maurice , Sir Francis Vere , Count Hohenlohe , and other officers sailed to Willemstad , their destination having been kept a strict secret from all but those engaged in the enterprise . Six hundred English troops , eight hundred Dutch , and three hundred cavalry had been drawn from different garrisons , and were also to land at Willemstad . When Heraugiere 's party arrived at the point agreed on at eleven o'clock at night , Van de Berg was not there , nor was the barge ; and angry and alarmed at his absence they searched about for him for hours , and at last found him in the village of Terheyde . He made the excuse that he had overslept himself , and that he was afraid the plot had been discovered . As everything depended upon his cooperation , Heraugiere abstained from the angry reproaches which the strange conduct of the man had excited ; and as it was now too late to do anything that night , a meeting was arranged for the following evening , and a message was despatched to the prince telling him that the expedition was postponed for a day . On their return , the men all gave free vent to their indignation .