ten o'clock
`` He 's always been that way , '' his mother volunteered . `` Now go ` way , ma , an ' let me finish my snooze . '' Johnny spoke sweetly and placidly , and sweetly and placidly he rolled over on his side and went to sleep . At ten o'clock he awoke and dressed himself . He walked out into the kitchen , where he found his mother with a frightened expression on her face . `` I 'm goin ' away , ma , '' he announced , `` an ' I jes ' want to say good-bye . '' She threw her apron over her head and sat down suddenly and wept .