nine o'clock
What pleasant pain ! Each new arrival was similarly received , but the excitement did not last long . Both the freshmen and the upper-classmen were too tired to keep the enthusiasm at the proper pitch . At nine o'clock the freshmen were sent home with orders to report the next evening at eight . Carl and Hugh , proudly conscious of the pledge buttons in the lapels of their coats , walked slowly across the campus , spent and weary , but exquisitely happy . `` They bid me on account of you , '' Carl said softly . `` They did n't think they could get you unless they asked me , too . ''