nine o'clock
`` In hurried words her name I blessed , I breathed the vows that bind me , And to my heart in anguish pressed The girl I left behind me . '' Most all the officers had leave for the full day . Harry and Dalton in fact were to stay overnight at the house , and , forgetful of the war , they sang one song after another as the evening waned . At nine o'clock all the guests left save Harry and Dalton . `` You and Langdon will show them to their bedrooms , '' said Colonel Talbot . `` Take the candle . The rest of us can sit here by the firelight . ''