ten
o'clock
`` Yes . '' `` And the negroes -- how many have you ? '' `` I ca n't say . They 've been dropping across in twos and threes since ten o'clock . The curious thing is that the women are more taken with the idea of fight than the men . We shall have enough -- too many , I fear . '' `` We 'll make them our safety , Jim , my boy ; we 'll divide them up , and , in case of pursuit , send them in different directions to confuse the troops . ''