eleven o'clock
`` I thought so , '' the scout said . `` They 've crossed to the Isle La Motte and they 're making as many fires as if they war having a sort of picnic at home . We must wait till they burns out , for we dare n't go near the place with the water lit up for two or three hundred yards round . It wo n't be long , for I reckon it must be past eleven o'clock now . '' The fires were soon seen to burn down . The paddles were dipped in the water and the canoe approached the island . `` I 'd give something , '' Peter said , `` to know whether there 's any redskins there .