about eight o'clock
About a week afterwards , O'Brien came to me , and said , `` The new moon 's quartered in with foul weather ; if it holds , prepare for a start . I have put what is necessary in your little haversack ; it may be tonight . Go to bed now , and sleep for a week if you can , for you 'll get but little sleep , if we succeed , for the week to come . '' This was about eight o'clock . I went to bed , and about twelve I was roused by O'Brien , who told me to dress myself carefully , and come down to him in the yard . It was some time before I could find O'Brien , who was hard at work ; and , as I had already been made acquainted with all his plans , I will now explain them . At Montpelier he had procured six large pieces of iron , about eighteen inches long , with a gimlet at one end of each , and a square at the other , which fitted to a handle which unshipped .