eleven o'clock
We had , and had disobeyed it . And in the present instance Tempest had headed us . What would be the consequence ? We were not destined to know till next morning , when a notice appeared on the board stating that Mr Sharpe 's house having been reported for riotous conduct and disobedience to orders , the head master would meet the boys in the hall at eleven o'clock . There was no mistaking the doctor 's meaning this time . Sharpe 's had had a long rope , but had come to the end of it at last . I would not for the world have confessed it at the time , but I was half glad a crisis had come .