ten o'clock at night
If we come here , I shall go to your uncle 's and inquire for you and , if you have left him , I will go out to your village and find you . '' All passed off as arranged , without the slightest hitch . Terence took the girl 's basket and ran upstairs with it , emptied the fruit out on the table , thrust the rope under his bed , and ran down again and gave Nita the basket . At ten o'clock at night he slung himself from the window and after a hearty goodbye to his fellow prisoners -- several of whom , now that it was too late , would gladly have shared in his adventure . `` I should be very glad if you were going with me , but at the same time I own that I do not think we should get through . I question , indeed , if the muleteer would take anyone who did not understand enough Spanish to pass , if he were questioned by French soldiers ; and if he would do so , it would greatly increase the risk . At the same time , if one of you would like to take my place , I will relinquish it to you ; and will , after you have gone off with the muleteer , go in another direction , and take my chance of getting hold of a disguise , somehow , and of making my way out . ''