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exclaimed the General . `` Half-past ten o'clock , and not one of the servants has come back ! The rascals ! -- Gustave , '' he added , turning to his son , `` I allowed you to read that book only on the condition that you should put it away at ten o'clock . You ought to have shut up the book at the proper time and gone to bed , as you promised . If you mean to make your mark in the world , you must keep your word ; let it be a second religion to you , and a point of honor . Fox , one of the greatest English orators , was remarkable , above all things , for the beauty of his character , and the very first of his qualities was the scrupulous faithfulness with which he kept his engagements .