eleven o'clock
`` Truly I think this secret of Trenck 's is worth some thousand thalers , and the king must find the means to pay for it . But stop ! The hour of my interesting rendezvous draws near . I am curious to know how I am to be convinced at eleven o'clock , and in the middle of the street , that the king has no gold . I will be punctual , but I have still time to visit a few friends , and seek if possible to win a few louis d'ors at faro . '' It was a dark , still night . As the clock struck ten the night might really be said to begin in Berlin .