About eleven o'clock
Wilkinson had to go away , more pained at heart for the sad eyed watcher awaiting the impending blow than for the unconscious friend on whom it was to fall more mercifully . Mr. Bangs took charge of the outside guard that night , in which the clergymen had volunteered to serve . Mr. Rigby took a grey blanket out to the stables , and lay down near his prisoners , with baton and pistol close at hand . About eleven o'clock Ben Toner , on guard before the house , saw a female figure approaching , and challenged . `` Squit yer sojer foolins , Ben , and leave me pass , '' came from the well known voice of Serlizer . `` Is the gals up in the kitchen ? '' `` They is , '' replied Mr. Toner , humbly and laconically ; and his ladylove proceeded thitherward .