six o'clock
` Twill finish the war out of hand . '' `` I 'll do it , '' answered the Colonel slowly . `` And I 'll remember it , '' said the Earl . `` To-morrow , at six o'clock , I set out . '' The two men shook hands on their bargain and left the room , shutting the door after them . I crept forth from behind the screen , my heart thumping on my ribs . Thus far it had been all fear and trembling with me ; but now this was chang 'd to a kind of panting joy .