five o'clock
Bramble , feeling he must kick somebody on the legs , kicked Stephen , who , forgetting that he was on police duty , seized Bramble by the hair of his head and rushed off with him to the `` meeting , '' closely followed by Paul and the whole swarm . That meeting lasted from three to five . What awful threats were uttered , and what awful vows taken , no one knew . At five o'clock Stephen 's fight with Bramble came off as usual , and all that evening Guinea-pigs and Tadpoles did nothing but make paper darts . It was certain a crisis had come in their history . The `` dogs of war '' were let loose ! They would be revenged on somebody !