Ten o'clock
The end was that Nurse Branscome hunted up a piece of coloured flannel , and Master Timothy that same evening was stripped to indue a pyjama suit . Corona carried him thus attired off to her bed in triumph -- but not to sleep . Brother Bonaday , lying awake , heard her voice running on and on in a rapid monotone . Ten o'clock struck , and he could endure the sound no longer . It seemed to him that she must be rambling in delirium , and slipping on his dressing-gown , he stole to her chamber door . `` Can not you get to sleep , little maid ? '' `` Is that you , daddy ? ''