eleven at night
There will be a dust screen put up just near the purser 's cabin , because one of the bunker shoots is just a little for ` ard of his door -- see ? '' `` Yes , '' and all four men bent eagerly towards Swires . `` Well , there 'll be a thundering clatter with the coals as they come pouring down from the upper deck , and that will be the time to get in , cut the wire , and do the job right away . There 'll be no one this side of the dust screen after eleven at night , as most of the passengers will be ashore at the dinner , and those who do n't go will be asleep . '' `` Supposin ' the flamin ' purser do n't go ? '' said Cheyne , a small , wiry , sunburned man , who , although like his confederates was extremely well-dressed , was an exceedingly illiterate man . He was Australian born , and from his youth upward , when not occupied in horse-stealing or thimble-rigging on bush race-courses , had spent the intervening time in gaol .