eleven o'clock
The boys began to be delighted . The following conditions were drawn up ; and a lad , with a white handkerchief tied to a sky-rocket stick , was hoisted over the benches into the besieging quarters . The paper , after reciting -LRB- as is usual with all rebels in arms against their lawful sovereign -RRB- their unshaken loyalty , firm obedience , and unqualified devotion , went on thus -- but we shall , to save time , put to each proposition the answer returned : -- 1 . The young gentlemen shall be permitted , as in times past , to discharge their fireworks round what remains of the bonfire , between the hours of nine and eleven o'clock . _ Ans _ . Granted , with this limitation , that all young gentlemen under the age of nine shall surrender their fireworks to the elder boys , and stand to see the display without the fence . 2 .