eleven o'clock
By the following morning the colonel was chafing over it a great deal , and over the indignation expressed around the post at Ray 's arrest . He concluded that he wanted to see the young man himself , and an opportunity unexpectedly occurred . Sergeant Wolf 's recent desertion was still a source of much subdued excitement , and efforts had been made to capture him . It had begun to leak around the garrison that he had been sent for the night of his departure by Lieutenant Ray , and did not return to the band barracks until eleven o'clock , `` when he acted queer . '' The post quartermaster was much exercised about the theft of one of the best horses from the band stable , as he had become responsible for them in the absence of Mr. Billings . Possibly Ray could throw some light on the matter , and , to that officer 's surprise , he was sent for at guard-mounting . His first idea was that his remarks to Warner had been carried to the colonel , and that he was to be overhauled for them .