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o'clock
`` I 've engaged somebody -- there 's somebody else going to put me to bed to-night . You need n't wait , Marie , '' she said , her voice oddly subdued and like some other little girl 's voice in her repressed excitement . He was waiting for her . He had been ready since half-past six o'clock . Without a word -- with only an odd little smile that set the Child at ease -- he took her hand and went back with her . The door of the other writing-room was ajar , and they caught a glimpse as they went by of a slender , stooping figure . It did not turn .