noon
`` Here are two friars ' dresses , with all things requisite , '' she observed . `` Do you dress in one of them , and conceal the other round your body beneath your gown . I have a pass ready to admit you into the prison ; when there , I must leave the rest to your discretion and judgment . To-morrow before noon will be the best time to visit the prison , when the attention of the people will be drawn off towards the ceremony I was describing to you . This will give you time to see your friend in safety , and to assist in the rescue of the young lady . '' My spirits rose on hearing the plan of the old woman ; and I should then and there have given her the whole of the money with which I hoped to bribe her , had I not thought it possible she might take the bribe and neglect to perform her part of the contract . Having a great deal to do , I took leave of her as soon as these arrangements were made , and hastened back to Master Clough 's house .