about
ten o'clock
We are going to saddle all the mules directly it gets too dark for any of the fellows on the hills to see us , then we must set to work and pull down enough of the barricade here to allow them to pass . We ourselves , when we go down , will cross at that shallow place above here , and go down the river at that side , otherwise we sha 'n' t be able to cross it except at some distance beyond the other end of the torrent . Of course the mules must go down this side , as we shall want to turn to the right when we get off . We shall make our attack about ten o'clock . '' Bertie went off , and three hours later Dias relieved Harry . As soon as it was light the next morning Bertie and José set to work to fill the cases -- there were a hundred squibs and fifty large crackers . Donna Maria after breakfast went out and returned with a number of flexible sticks of about half an inch in diameter ; these she carried into her tent , where she shut herself up for the forenoon .