the hour of eleven
`` I have n't a cent of money , '' admitted the captain ; `` but if you will work with me , you shall have half the ransom . '' `` A woman is a nuisance on board of a boat like ours , '' said the other ; `` but if you are sure so large an amount will be paid for her return , it will be well worth working for . '' An hour longer they conferred , and when Frazier left the red-brick house on the side street , the most daring plan the brain of man had ever conceived was well-nigh settled . When the hour of eleven struck clear and sharp , Captain Frazier was standing silently before the Varrick mansion . In making a tour of the grounds , much to Frazier 's amazement , he found the rear door ajar . `` The devil helps his own , '' he muttered , sarcastically . `` I imagined that I should have a serious time in gaining admittance , when lo !