four o'clock
Firstly the shovel had been smuggled from the coal cellar and secreted in a corner of the yard behind the ash barrel together with an iron crowbar to use as a lever and an empty sack to aid in the removal of the treasure . I scarcely slept that night , and when I did my mind was filled with wild imaginings . The next morning we were heedless scholars indeed , and at dinner I ate so little that Mrs. Handsomebody was moved to remark jocularly that somebody not a thousand miles away was shaping for a bilious bout . At four o'clock Captain Pegg appeared at his window looking the picture of cheerful confidence . He said it warmed his heart to be at his old profession again , and indeed I never saw a merrier twinkle in any one 's eyes . He had found the plan of the yard sent by Jenks and he had no doubt that we should soon be in possession of the Spanish treasure . `` But there 's one thing , my lads ; '' he said solemnly , `` I make no claim whatever to any share in this booty .