eleven o'clock
The mass of rebellion was as considerable as any Radical could have wished ; and , as yet , as disorganised as any Tory commander-in-chief of the forces could have desired . However , Mr Root did not appear ; and it having become completely dark , the boys themselves lighted the various lamps . About six or seven o'clock there was a stir among the learned guard at the door , when at length Mr Reynolds , the head classical master , having wrapped the silver top of his great horn snuff-box , in a speech , mingled , very appropriately , with Latin and Greek quotations , wished to know what it was precisely that the young gentlemen desired , and he was answered by fifty voices at once , `` Leave to go into the fields , and let off the fireworks . '' After a pause , a message was brought that this could not be granted ; but , upon the rest of the school going quietly to bed , permission would be given to all the young gentlemen above fifteen years of age to go down to the town until eleven o'clock . The proposal was refused with outcries of indignation . We now had many leaders , and the shouts `` Force the door ! '' became really dreadful .