eight o'clock
`` You can get up the Khyber again and join your regiment . '' ' But by that time the Rangar 's turban was on again and the tears were dry , and it was Partan Singh who threw most doubt on the sentry 's tale about the golden hair . But , as the sentry said , no doubt Partan Singh was jealous . There is no doubt whatever that the general went back to Peshawur in the train at eight o'clock and that the Rangar went with him in a separate compartment with about a dozen Hillmen chosen from among those who had come down with King . And it is certain that before they went King had a talk with the Rangar in a room alone , of which conversation , however , the sentry reported afterward that he did not overhear one word ; and he had to go to the doctor with a cold in his ear at that . He said he was nearly sure he heard weeping . But on the other hand , those who saw both of them come out were certain that both were smiling .