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He felt that under no circumstances would his soldier father have behaved so . He reached out and secured one of the two clean folded handkerchiefs that were always placed on the bedside stand at night , and blew his nose very loudly . But he could not sleep . He gave Miss Braithwaite time to go to her sitting-room , and for eight o'clock to pass , because once every hour , all night , a young gentleman of the Court , appointed for this purpose and dubbed a `` wet-nurse '' by jealous comrades , cautiously opened his door and made a stealthy circuit of the room , to see that all was well . The Crown Prince got up . He neglected to put on his bedroom slippers , of course , and in his bare feet be padded across the room to the study door . It was not entirely dark .