ten o'clock
`` Please do n't croak about failure or disappointment , '' begged Tom tragically . `` My warm , impulsive young heart wo n't stand any disappointment to-night . '' So they toiled on , their preparations all along the line taking shape rapidly . By ten o'clock they had everything completed , including the manufacture of the `` Quaker '' rifles . `` Now , to our posts , '' chuckled Dick , after a rapid distribution of things from the packages brought up from the village . The campfire was allowed to burn low . Some light was still needed for the full success of their plans .