Eight
o'clock
Her daughter rose out of a low mound beside the window . `` Good morning , mamma . '' `` Lilly , you should help upstairs wash days with the housework . Eight o'clock and my house is spick span , even my cellar steps wiped down . Take off that pink thing and I 'll help you make the bed . It was all right to wear it around the first week for your husband , but now one of your cotton crepes will do . Come , help turn the mattress . ''