seven in the morning
`` By all means , '' the general said ; `` send him over , in the morning . We will make a hussar of him , in half an hour ; we have got a few uniforms in store . '' What a meeting that was , near Dijon ! The boys , upon reaching the station , had found a train on the point of starting ; and it was seven in the morning when they reached the town . The shops open early , in French country towns ; and although their tailor had not as yet taken his shutters down , he was up and about , and willingly measured them for their new uniforms -- promising that they should have them , without fail , the next afternoon . They then walked up to the cottage ; and dropped in just as the party , there , were sitting down to breakfast . There was a loud exclamation from Captain Barclay , and a scream of delight from their mother , and Milly ; and it was a good ten minutes before they were sitting round the table , talking coherently .