ten o'clock before
Very reluctantly he left the room and returned to the nursery , quite unconscious that he had left behind him on the floor a tell-tale reminder of his presence there . Ail that day Bobby watched and waited for the expected arrival . He was bitterly disappointed that bedtime came before there were any signs of his uncle . Early the next morning he woke , wondering whether he had come , and when Nurse told him that it was past ten o'clock before he arrived , he eagerly enquired : ` And did he come quite by himself ? ' ` Of course , he did . I have n't seen him yet , but Jane says he 's wonderful good looking . ' When Bobby was dressed and Nurse had gone downstairs to fetch something from the servants ' hall , he ran to the green baize door and crept along the passage to his uncle 's bedroom .