five o'clock
`` Very good , sir . '' But , as both major and colonel had suspected , Ferrers was n't in his quarters . Nor was he anywhere else on post apparently . It was five o'clock that afternoon when Lieutenant Ferrers , in civilian dress , passed the guard house in returning on post . `` Wanted -- at the adjutant 's office -- am I ? '' queried Algy . `` Oh , yes ; I imagine I am .