six o'clock in the
morning
His face brightened . `` Tell him by all means , '' he said ; `` he wo n't mind . He told me -- '' `` Peter , how dare you add falsehood to -- to -- you know what . Do you mean to say that my father told you to kiss me , and at six o'clock in the morning , too ? '' `` He said nothing about kissing , but I suppose he meant it . He said that I might ask you to marry me . '' `` That , '' replied Margaret , `` is a very different thing .