midnight
When these two had satisfied their appetites the dishes were washed , the table was laid again and the deserters were ordered up . Some of them appeared to be very much disheartened , and would scarcely look their comrades in the face , while the others were so defiant , and had so much to say about the colonel who had ordered their arrest and the men who had carried those orders into execution , that Bob was obliged to warn them that if they did not eat more and jaw less he would put them back into the dug-out without any supper . When the deserters had had all they wanted to eat they were sent down to their prison , the outside sentry was relieved , and Bob stood guard at the door , with George for company . They had much to talk about , and it was long after midnight when they went to bed . They slept on the same blankets , and the new scout went off into the land of dreams with his arm thrown lovingly around the boy who had twice saved his life , and whom he had never expected to see again . `` Well , old fellow , what do you think of me now ? '' It was George Ackerman who uttered these words , and the question was addressed to his herdsman , Zeke .