eight o'clock
`` That is all , good-by . I wish now to be alone with our chaplain , '' said Colonel Le Noir , extending his hand . Herbert pressed that wasted hand ; silently sent up a prayer for the dying wrong-doer , bowed gravely and withdrew . It was almost eight o'clock , and Herbert thought that he would scarcely have time to find Traverse before the drum should beat to quarters . He was more fortunate than he had anticipated , for he had scarcely turned the Grand Cathedral when he came full upon the young ensign . `` Ah ! Traverse , I am very glad to meet you !