eleven o'clock
We only -- remember them here . '' The tired child yielded to the slight pressure of the arm -- his head dropped against his new friend -- the room was very quiet -- only Mr. Aymer must have been mistaken . It seemed to Christopher a thin black-clad woman was in the room -- somewhere -- she was looking at Aymer and would not see him at first -- then she turned her head -- he called `` Mother , '' and opened his eyes to find Mr. Aymer bending over him . When Mr. Aston had returned and found Aymer smoking composedly with one arm round the sleeping boy , he had pointed out with great care the enormity of a small child being out of bed at eleven o'clock . Aymer put down his cigarette and looked at his charge . `` Vespasian did come for him , '' he confessed ; `` I thought it a pity to wake him till you came . It 's just as I feared , '' he added with assumed pathos , `` you have had first innings and I shall have to take a second place . ''