five o'clock
`` They were in the carpet-bag , '' I cried . `` Oh , do let 's look ! '' `` No , not to-day , my lads . They 're all right , and if you like to get up to-morrow morning and come to me at five o'clock , I 'll give you your first lesson . Now I must go and report myself to the Doctor , or he 'll be drumming me out of the regiment for not doing my work . '' He saluted us and marched off , while we went round to the back and made our way to the stables and up into the loft , for Mercer to have a peep at the ferret , which tried hard to get out . Then , closing the slate down close , he spun round , cut a caper , struck an attitude , and began sparring and dancing round me in the most absurd manner .