ten o'clock
When we left Bangalore , we thought that it might be a month before we should have to go back there to replenish our packs from our magazine ; but we shall only have been away five or six days . '' `` I am glad that you are content , for you are honest traders , and not like some of the rascals that have come up to the forts I have commanded , and fleeced the soldiers right and left . '' Although not given to blushing , Dick felt that he coloured under his dye at the praise ; for although they had certainly sold cheaply , he doubted whether the term honest could be fairly applied to the whole transaction . As ten o'clock approached , the two friends sat with open door , listening intently for every sound . Conversation was still going on in the houses , and occasionally they could make out a dark figure crossing the yard . It was not yet ten when a light footfall was heard , and a moment later Captain Holland appeared at the door . `` It is all right so far , '' he said , `` but wait five minutes , to give me time to get the ladder fixed .