ten o'clock
I 'll git , '' snarled Bunny Hepburn , thrusting on his hat and slouching out through the door . `` But I 'll get even with that cheap Army officer in short order ! '' Like some other inconsequential fellows of his class , Bunny was usually a man of his word in matters of revenge . After a pleasant evening Hal and Noll escorted their parents homeward at somewhere around half-past ten o'clock . Both young soldiers , however , were still so full of the day 's news and so wide awake that neither felt at all like turning in for sleep as yet . So they met immediately afterward for a slow stroll through the streets on this warm summer evening . `` Where shall we go ? ''