ten o'clock before
` You can rely upon us all , Tawaina . They shall never learn from us of your share in this affair . And now I think that it is time for us to be moving forward . It will be past ten o'clock before we are there . ' Very quietly the troop crept along , Tawaina leading the way , until he approached closely to the village . Here they halted for a moment . ` Only six of us will go in , ' Mr. Hardy said ; ` there will be less chance of detection , -- Jamieson , Percy , Herries , my boys , and myself .