Eight o'clock
`` I 'll not go , '' declared Dick . `` Neither will I , '' added Sam . `` Yes , you shall -- and to-night , '' said Tom firmly . Eight o'clock that evening saw the three Rovers on their way to Hope Seminary . Tom was the leader , and it had taken a good half hour 's arguing on his part to get Dick and Sam to accompany him . `` You 'll make a fool of yourself , and make fools of us , too , '' was the way Sam expressed himself . `` Most likely they wo n't want to see us , '' was Dick 's opinion .