five o'clock
Wipe your feet , and take your cap off . ' Teddy stepped in upon the soft rugs almost on tiptoe , and the colonel himself came out into the hall to meet him . ` Come in , my little man , and do n't be frightened . ' Teddy held his head erect as he followed the colonel into a bright , cheery room , where a group of ladies and gentlemen were round the fire enjoying their cup of five o'clock tea . Mrs. Graham came forward and gave him a kindly greeting . ` This is our would-be soldier , ' said Colonel Graham -- ` the `` button-boy , '' as I hear he is called . Some of you remember his story told in our schoolroom to the regiment passing through in the summer , and we were n't surprised to hear of his narrow escape from death from trying to regain his button .