Six o'clock
cried the Colonel ; `` if only I had known that ! '' He laughed . `` Well , I 'll leave you . Six o'clock -- what 's this ? '' as he stooped and picked up Maurice 's cast-off hussar jacket . `` I was about to use it as a door mat , '' said Maurice , who was in a nasty humor . That Fitzgerald had surrendered did not irritate him half so much as the thought that he was the real puppet .