about eleven
o'clock
We got a specimen this mornin ' wif three colours in it . ' ` So if anyone 's told where we 're hidin ' they 'll see the stone an ' go an ' jump the mine , ' said Dick artfully . NEITHER of the McKnights nor Parrot came to the boys on the Sunday morning , and Dick and Billy , whose larder had run short , were compelled to make a raid on Wilson 's garden -- which yielded little in the way of fruit , but carrots and turnips were not despised . At about eleven o'clock , from an outlook amongst some scrub on the Red hand tip , Dick and his mate could see that something unusual was going on in Waddy . They saw a crowd gathering near the Drovers ' Arms , and could catch the glitter of the accoutrements of a couple of troopers . A little later a mounted policeman actually came cantering into the paddock and forced them to creep stealthily to their safe retreat at the bottom of the mine . Here they sat and talked , prey to the most torturing curiosity .