Five o'clock
A man can die but once . If you wake in the night , sing that out lustily , and fall asleep again . '' The time wore on . Five o'clock had struck -- six -- seven -- and eight . They were to die at noon , and in the crowd without it was said they could tell the hangman , when he came out , by his being the shorter one , and that the man who was to suffer with him was named Hugh ; and that it was Barnaby Rudge who would be hanged in Bloomsbury Square . At the first stroke of twelve the prison bell began to toll , and the three were brought forth into the yard together . Barnaby was the only one who had washed or trimmed himself that morning .