nearly ten o'clock
And now good-bye , my darling child . My time here in Britannula is but short , and I can not give up more of it even to my chosen daughter . '' Then again she kissed me , and putting on her little hat , went away to Mrs Neverbend , -- or to Jack . It was now nearly ten o'clock , and I had out my tricycle in order to go down as quickly as possible to Little Christchurch . At the door of my house I found a dozen of the English soldiers with a sergeant . He touched his hat , and asked me very civilly where I was going . When I told him that it was but five or six miles out of town , he requested my permission to accompany me .