ten o'clock
When he reached the entrance he was obliged to elbow his way through a solid throng of shouting youths who with excited faces and waving caps and flags informed the starlight winter sky over and over that they wanted Gale and Fletcher , to which demand the band lent hearty if rather discordant emphasis . * * * * * A good deal happened in the next two hours , but nothing that is pertinent to this narrative . Victorious Hillton elevens have been hauled through the village and out to the field many times in past years , and bonfires have flared and speeches have been made by players and faculty , and all very much as happened on this occasion . Neil and Paul returned to their room at ten o'clock , tired , happy , with the cheers and the songs still echoing in their ears . Paul had apparently forgotten his resentment toward Neil and the whole matter of Brill 's proposition . But Neil had n't , and presently , when they were preparing for bed , he returned doggedly to the charge . `` When did you meet that fellow Brill ? ''