seven o'clock
Excuse me ; but a man who do n't obey orders deserves to have people swear at him , Miss Randolph . '' I left the major at a corner , and before I got home , another acquaintance informed me that the victory was undoubted , though severely purchased , and that the city was in a state of exultation . I did not know what to think . I said as little as possible to Mrs. Sandford ; but later in the evening Dr. Barnard came with the details of the day , and the added intelligence that since seven o'clock the firing had recommenced . `` What for ? if the victory is sure ? '' said Mrs. Sandford ; and I went to my room feeling that it was not sure .