10 o'clock
Queer advice , you 'll think , but I 'll show you how you can follow it . A friend of mine , whom we can both trust , and I , will be on watch to-night at the stables . It looks as if it is going to be as dark as a wolf 's mouth . `` It wo n't do to move before 10 o'clock . When everything is ready I will light a cigarette and flirt the match around my head once , as if to put it out . That will mean that the way is open . Steal out of the back door and dodge to the stables ; your mare will be ready , and when another chance opens you can make a break .