nine
o'clock
The words bored their way into her brain . `` Just a little love , a little kiss , I would give you all my life for this , As I hold you fast and bend above you ... '' It was a white night for Rose . The morning sun had been streaming into her bedroom for an hour before she finally fell asleep . And at nine o'clock , when she wakened , she heard the phonograph going again . It was now on its way to Mandalay , but John McCormack was no doubt waiting in the background . She went to the telephone and called up Galbraith , telling him she 'd come by the first train she could get . He met her with a dog-cart and a fat pony , and when they had jogged their way to their destination they spent what was left of the morning looking over the farm .