the hour of three o'clock
You know where it is -- just off King 's Street , not far from the Cross . '' I followed Hamilton 's suggestion . I did not find Frances at Sir Richard 's house , so I hastened to Whitehall , where I learned that she had left shortly before noon , saying that she was going to spend the afternoon and night at home . It was near the hour of three o'clock when I had started up the river , from the Old Swan , and a snowstorm was raging which became violent before I reached the palace . While I was talking to one of the maids in the parlor of the duchess , a page came to me and whispered , `` A lady is waiting for you at Holbein 's Gate , and wishes you to go to her as soon as possible . '' I suspected that the lady was Frances , so I hastened to the gate and found , not my cousin , but Betty . I knew her the moment I saw her , despite the fact that she wore a full vizard and a long cloak .