eight o'clock
`` No ; I 'm going to see Green back to the Friary . '' `` And then , '' cried Tomlins , `` they 're going to have a can of hot water and sponge one another , and make friends and live happy ever after . I say , would n't they both look nice in a glass case ! '' Nic smiled in spite of himself ; and went on back to the Friary , where the man-servant also indulged in a grin as he saw the battered , pair , who partook of their tea with pain , and looked thoroughly unpresentable when at eight o'clock they were summoned to the doctor 's study to be lectured severely , Nic getting the greater part of the scolding , which ended with the ominous words : `` I will say no more , Dominic Braydon , for I do n't like to come hastily to decisions ; but I am afraid that I shall be forced to expel so evil-tempered , virulent , and quarrelsome a boy . Now retire , sir , to your dormitory . I will see you after breakfast in the morning . '' Nic went slowly up to the room he shared with Tomlins and the boy who had been his second , feeling that the doctor was cruelly unjust in refusing to listen to explanations which he had on his side been extremely unwilling to make .