one o'clock
Despite Felgate 's sneers , and the jealous ridicule which floated in from outside on their efforts , they felt that they stood face to face with a great chance . Their reputation as a house was on its trial ; they were boycotted by the doctor , and held up as a warning to evil-doers . They resolved to make themselves a warning to good and evil-doers alike that day , and show the doctor and everyone else that the spirit was not yet knocked out of them . The half-holiday at Railsford 's , as we have said , began under the new _ regime _ immediately after breakfast , and ended at one o'clock , so that the farce of morning school did not interpose to chill the ardour of the combatants . The whole house assembled in flannels in honour of the occasion . The weather was very much like what the School had had a week ago ; if anything , the ground was hardly in quite as good condition . At any rate , it was felt that , as far as externals went , the test between the two days ' performances would be a fair one .