eleven o'clock
Nellie did most of the talking thereafter ; principally about George , and why he did not come . At last she went in to see if Mother needed her , and , twenty minutes later , when I looked into the bedroom , I saw that she had fallen asleep on the couch . Mother , too , seemed to be sleeping , and I left them thus . It was almost eleven o'clock when the sound of carriage wheels in the yard brought me to the window and then to the door . Doctor Quimby had come at last and Taylor was with him . The doctor , in his mackintosh and overshoes , was dry enough , but his companion was wet to the skin . `` Sorry I 'm so late , Ros , '' said the doctor .