ten o'clock
We who were in hiding were torn by conflicting desires . Our first impulse was to remain and enjoy the spectacle of the crestfallen Henniker marching forth from her late prison . But somehow , rough boys as we were , and not much given to chivalric scruples , the sound of that tremble in the Henniker 's voice , and with it the recollection of the part we had taken in her punishment , made us feel as if , after all , the best thing we could do was not to remain , but to follow the others down stairs . As we were doing so the ten o'clock bell rang for morning classes , and we naturally sought the schoolroom , where , with Mr Hashford in the desk , school was assembled just as if nothing had happened . Hawkesbury was the only absentee . I certainly admired Mr Hashford on this occasion . He appeared to be the only person in the room who was not thoroughly uncomfortable .