one o'clock
Through Greg 's mind , for hours after that , the question insistently intruded itself : `` How about that smear ? '' Yet the question seemed to lead to nothing . The next morning , Saturday , it was known , throughout cadet barracks , that a general court-martial order for Prescott would be published that afternoon . On the one o'clock train from New York came Mrs. Bentley , Laura and Belle . They entered the bus at the station , and were driven up , across the plain , to the hotel . After dinner , the girls waited in pleasant expectancy for Dick and Greg to send up their cards . Greg 's card came up , alone .