nearly two o'clock
After you have disappeared for a time I 'll tell the other servant that you have gone away . I sent your son home before I left the office , and he , no doubt , is keeping out of harm 's way . '' The old woman courtesied , but there was a dogged , hunted look in her eyes as she crept away , muttering , `` Dis is what Zeb call de ` lan ' ob de free ! ' '' `` O PAPA , '' cried Marian , after reaching the library , `` we let Mr. Merwyn go without a lunch , and it 's nearly two o'clock . Nor do I believe you have had a mouthful since breakfast , and I 've forgotten all about providing anything . Oh , how signally I have failed on the first day of battle ! '' `` You are not the first soldier , by untold millions , who has done so ; but you have not shown the white feather yet . ''