eight o'clock
The picture showed soldiers in the trenches and the jerky scenes and figures made his eyes ache and set his poor sick nerves on edge . Once he had _ almost _ asked Margaret if he might go over to East Bridgeboro and see her . He was glad when Friday morning came , and the day passed quickly and gayly , because of the troop meeting that night . He counted the hours until eight o'clock . When at last he set out for the troop room he found that he had forgotten his scout badge and went back after it . He was particular always to wear this at meetings , because he wished to emphasize there , that he was still a scout . He was always forgetting something these days .