one o'clock before
`` I shall be back again in an hour or two , '' he said ; `` do not leave until I return . I will find out where your regiment is , and if it has marched I will give you a certificate of how I picked you up , otherwise you may be stopped on the way , and get into a scrape as two boys who have strayed away from their regiment . '' So saying , the captain got into his boat and rowed to shore . It was one o'clock before he returned . The boys had dinner with the gunroom officers , then changed their dress , and had now the appearance of buglers in the marines . The captain at once sent for them . `` Your regiment went on yesterday with the rest of the division .