seven o'clock
This was the first time that Wallace had seen the band under arms , for at the battle of Biggar , Archie had kept them from his sight , fearing that he might order them from the field . `` They look well , Sir Archie , and in good military order . Hitherto I have regarded them but as messengers , and as such they have done good service indeed ; but I see now that you have them in good order , and that they can do other service on a pinch . '' One member of Wallace 's band was left behind , with orders to wait until seven o'clock , and then to bring on as fast as they could march all who might arrive before that hour . The band marched to within a mile of the barns . They then halted at a stack of straw , and sat down while one of Archie 's band went forward to see what was being done . He reported that a great feast , at which the governor and all the officers of the garrison , with other English dwelling in town , were present , was just beginning in the great barn where the massacre had taken place .