about ten o'clock
The wives of the peons lay down to sleep on the straw which had been thrown down for them . The men sat outside the door , smoking their cigarettes and talking in low whispers . Mrs. Hardy was in her room ; Ethel kept her company , Maud dividing her time between them and the top of the tower , where Mr. Hardy , Fitzgerald , and the boys were assembled in the intervals between going their rounds . At about ten o'clock there was a sharp bark from one of the dogs fastened up by the fold , followed up by a general barking of all the dogs on the establishment . ` There they are , ' Mr. Hardy said . ` Charley , bring the mastiffs inside , and order them , and the retrievers too , to be quiet . We do not want any noise up here , to tell the Indians that we are on the watch .