eleven o'clock
`` I congratulate you also , sir , '' he said . `` Colonel O'Connor has reported that you have rendered great services , since you were attached to him as adjutant ; and have introduced many changes which have added to the efficiency and discipline of the regiment . My staff , as well as myself , will be very pleased to make the personal acquaintance of Colonel O'Connor and yourself , and I shall be glad if you will both dine with me today -- `` And if you , Colonel Corcoran , will accompany them . `` Tomorrow I will inspect the Minho regiment , at eleven o'clock ; and you will then introduce to me your lieutenant colonel and your two majors , who have all so well carried out your instructions . '' So saying , he shook hands with the colonel , Terence , and Ryan and , with an acknowledgment of the salutes of the other officers , left the room with his staff . `` If a bullet does not cut short his career in some of his adventures , '' he said to Colonel Corcoran , who had accompanied him , `` O'Connor has an extraordinary future before him . His face is a singular mixture of good temper , energy , and resolute determination .