eleven o'clock
That Master Tingcomb rested under the coffin lid , I did not believe , in spite of the terrifying fit that I could vouch for . But this , if driven to it , we could discover at the grave . The main business was to catch him ; and to this end I meant to patrol the buildings , and especially watch the entrance , on the likely chance of his creeping back to the house -LRB- if not already inside -RRB- , to confer with his fellow-rascals . As eleven o'clock sounded , therefore , I tapp 'd on Billy 's wall ; and finding that Matt . Soames was keeping watch -LRB- as we had agreed upon -RRB- , slipp 'd off my boots . Our rooms were on the first floor , over a straw yard ; and the distance to the ground an easy drop for a man . But wishing to be silent as possible , I knotted two blankets together , and strapping the end round the window mullion , swung myself down by one hand , holding my boots in the other .