it was large enough to carry five or six horses and perhaps ten men . `` it 'd be less tempting for us both if you did n't watch . '' glancing over his shoulder , he nodded . he toppled face-first to the ground below . ben 's mother had always called him ben as a nickname because his father was called by the more formal name of benjamin . franks my buddy from way back . and he left , having finished his little errand for his masters and picking up his five dollars on the way out . 