About eleven o'clock
If treachery is meditated , Campbell will send news of our coming to Cromwell . '' Mike , when night fell , moved away toward the castle , which lay about a quarter of a mile from the village . Approaching to within fifty yards of the gate , he sat down to watch . About eleven o'clock he heard the creak of the gate , and presently was startled by seeing two horsemen ride past him . `` They must have muffled their horses ' feet , '' he said to himself . `` They are up to no good . I wish there had only been one of them . ''