eleven o'clock sharp
The latter were to be loaded at eleven o'clock to-night . And then at them with our revolvers ! There are n't more than twenty men at the station , '' he went on with sparkling eyes . `` At eleven o'clock sharp the telegraph-wire to the waterworks will be cut , also the wires to all the stations ; then let them telegraph all they like . The minute the train arrives , the engine will be switched to another track and then backed in front of the train . Meanwhile the boxes will be packed in the cars and then we 'll be off with the throttle wide open . At each station a car will be dropped , and wagons will be waiting to receive their loads and get away as fast as the horses can pull them .