ten o'clock
At first they talked low , and I did n't heed what they were saying ; then I heard a word or two which frighted me , and then I got up and went quiet to my door and listened . Jack , they are going to wreck the engines , so as to stop the pumping and drown the mines . They are going to do for the ` Vaughan , ' and the ` Hill Side , ' and ` Thorns , ' and the ` Little Shaft , ' and ` Vale . ' It 's to be done to-night , and they begin with the ` Vaughan ' at ten o'clock , 'cause it 's closest , I suppose . '' `` They are mad , '' Jack said sternly . `` How are they to earn bread if they flood the mines ? and it will end by a lot of them being sent to jail for years .