eight in the morning
`` It is time now , I must go . '' `` God and the Holy Virgin will protect you , dear Lizzie , '' said the other voice : `` for that which you are going to do is right and noble ; and father himself will see before long that you did right . Go , Lizzie , and return safely . '' `` I shall be back at eight in the morning , '' whispered Lizzie . `` Until then , you must say nothing about it , dear mother , but tell father I wished to be alone in my chamber till the wedding-hour . Good-by until then . '' She imprinted a kiss on her mother 's lips , and hastened into the yard .