ten o'clock
If there 's going to be a fight , let me in . '' Ben took his hand : `` You 're the kind of a man I 'd like to have for a brother , and I 'll help you in love -- but as for war -- it 's not your fight . We do n't need help . '' At ten o'clock Ben met the local Den at their rendezvous under the cliff , to prepare for the events of the night . The forty members present were drawn up before him in double rank of twenty each . `` Brethren , '' he said to them solemnly , `` I have called you to-night to take a step from which there can be no retreat . We are going to make a daring experiment of the utmost importance .