Eleven o'clock
Her only fear lay in the possibility that she might be removed by her captors before the rescuers could accomplish her delivery . Her bright , feverish , eager eyes , gleaming from the sunken white cheeks , appealed to Bill Briggs more than he cared to admit . The ruffian , less hardened than his fellows , began to feel sorry for her . Eleven o'clock found the trio anxious and ugly in their restlessness . There was no sleep for them . Davy visited the trap over a hundred times that night . His mother , breaking over the traces of restraint , hugged the jug of whiskey , taking swig after swig as the vigil wore on .