ten
o'clock
His face became so blank as to almost pale before her eyes . She leant forward , and smiled . `` Will you be lonely , Paul ? Then at ten o'clock you must come under the ivy and wish me good-night . '' And this was all he could gain from her . She landed him to walk back to the hotel at the same place from which they had embarked , and the launch struck out again into the lake . He walked fast , just to be near enough to see her step ashore on to the hotel wharf , but he could not arrive in time , and her grey figure disappearing up the terrace steps was all his hungry eyes were vouchsafed .