half past eleven o'clock
Your place is there . '' If one had taken the time to observe , he might have seen that the young man wore his hat well forward , and that his face was unnaturally white . We , who suspect him of being Peter Brutus , have reason to believe that there was an ugly cut on the top of his head and that it gave him exceeding pain . Shortly after half past eleven o'clock certain groups of men usurped the positions in front of certain buildings on the south side of the square . A score here , a half score there , others below them . They favoured the shops operated by the friends of the Committee of Ten ; they were the men who were to take possession of the rifles that lay hidden behind counters and walls . Here , there , everywhere , all about the city , other instructed men were waiting for the signal that was to tell them to hustle deadly firearms from the beds of green-laden market wagons .