ten o'clock
And from such a scene as that , with streaming eyes and trembling lips and a heart overflowing with pride , joy , gratitude , and the longing to throw herself upon her knees and pour out her very soul in praise and thanksgiving , this devoted mother was summoned to another . The doctor had fled away from the bevy of friends who had hastened to congratulate and shake him by the hand . He had finally escaped to his little den , trying to compose himself , and write calmly and judiciously , as became a father , to his soldier son . Bud , nearly wild with delight , had finally been `` fired , '' as he expressed it , from Cadet Frazier 's room by the officer-in-charge , and started for home toward half-past ten o'clock , when in front of the officers ' mess he was suddenly hailed by a grave-faced professor : `` You 're needed at home , Bud , '' and , running , he found Colonel Hazzard and his father at the library door , a telegram open in the latter 's trembling hand . `` Not a word now , son . Just read this and then -- call mither . '' With paling face and suddenly swimming eyes , Bud read the dancing words : `` Severe action .