three o'clock
-LSB- 28 -RSB- #Choleric # : inclined to anger . -LSB- 29 -RSB- #Reconnoitered # : here , examined in a general way or at a little distance . The Squire was very angry at first , but the interview , with Tom 's pleading , ended in a compromise . Tom was not to go near the school till three o'clock , and only then if he had done his own lessons well , in which case he was to be the bearer of a note to the master from Squire Brown ; and the master agreed in such case to release ten or twelve of the best boys an hour before the time of breaking up , to go off and play in the close . The wheelwright 's adzes and swallows were to be forever respected ; and that hero and the master withdrew to the servants ' hall , -LSB- 31 -RSB- to drink the Squire 's health , well satisfied with their day 's work . -LSB- 30 -RSB- #Forms # : benches . -LSB- 31 -RSB- #Servants ' hall # : the servants ' dining-room .