ten P.M
We were all expected to die of the plague , that 's what we were , and I realised that Tommy Atkins was off the boards forever . `` We had n't any more than got the cash and valuables ready to smuggle aboard , when down came Rasula upon us . Ten o'clock last night , your lordship . That 's what it was -- ten P.M. . He had a dozen men with him and he told every mother 's son of us that our presence in the town was not desired until after the ship had sailed away . We were ordered to leave the town and go up into the hills under guard . There was n't any chance to fight or argue .