twelve in the morning
`` They will be held in all comfort and respect -LRB- if no effort at rescue be attempted -- otherwise we will deal with them as we see fit -RRB- , for the period of ten days from the receipt of this letter , which will be at noon to-morrow . If the sum indicated is not paid , they will , at the expiration of the ten days , be turned over to the tender mercies of the crew . -- Understand ? `` As to the manner of payment -- You , yourself , must go to Annapolis , and , between eleven and twelve in the morning , proceed to the extreme edge of Greenberry Point and remain standing , in full view from the Bay , for the space of fifteen minutes . You will , then , face about , step ten paces , and bury the money , which must be in thousand dollar bills , under a foot of sand . You will then , immediately , return to Annapolis and take the first car to Baltimore , and , thence , to Hampton . `` In the event that you have not reduced the jewels to cash , we will be content with such a division as will insure us a moiety thereof .