ten o'clock
`` In that case -- you are bound to succeed . '' And , without waiting for his possible answer , she slipped quietly out of the room . `` It is so that a woman loves who is worthy of heroes . '' -- R. L. S. Wyndham , returning to the bungalow soon after ten o'clock , found it readjusted to its new conditions . Frank Olliver had returned to her empty home ; and Desmond , at his own request , had had his camp-bed made up in the study , that he might in no way disturb his wife . She herself had retired early , without going in to him again . Honor noted and wondered at the omission ; but since Evelyn had said nothing about her short interview with Theo , she forbore to question her or press her unduly at the start .