ten o'clock
he cried ; and the squadron of hussars moved off down the hill in a whirl of dust and flying pebbles . Jack wheeled his horse and brought him alongside of Georges ' wiry mount . `` It did n't last long -- eh , old chap ? '' laughed the youthful hussar ; `` only from ten o'clock till noon -- eh ? It 's not quite noon yet . We 're to join the regiment , but where we 're going after that I do n't know . They say the Prussians have quit Saarbrück in a hurry .