one o'clock
`` Well , I 'm at least beginning to find out that some things are better than hops , '' laughed Dick happily . `` Greg , if I can kill math . to my satisfaction this year , I sha n't have another doubt about being able to get through and graduate here ! '' It was the end of November by this time , and Dick , on Thursday of this successful week , received a letter to the effect that Laura and Belle would arrive at West Point on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock . The news nearly broke up Prescott 's three hours of study that Thursday evening . However , he fought off the feeling of excitement and hampering delight . When Dick marched with his section into mathematics Friday morning he felt a calm confidence that he would keep up the average of his fine performance for the week .