eight o'clock
Had they instantly gone on board the vessel which lay moored in the river , ready to carry Fawkes away when the mine was fired , and set sail for Flanders , every one of them might have fulfilled the number of his days . It seems almost as if their eyes were holden , that they should go up and fall at the place appointed . The first to fly had been Catesby and John Wright . Keyes followed at eight o'clock , going straight to Turvey ; Rookwood at eleven , overtaking Keyes three miles beyond Highgate , and Catesby and Wright at Brickhill . As they rode together , Wright `` cast their cloaks into a hedge to ride more speedily . '' Percy had spent the night in the City , but Christopher Wright soon found him , and they galloped after their colleagues . At Hockliffe Percy 's servant Story met them with fresh horses , and overtaking the others further on , they at last reached Ashby Saint Ledgers in safety .