one in the morning
She said inscrutably : `` You might have kissed me . '' But whether she was or was n't referring to the fact that she had succeeded in negotiating his kiss on the rim of her spectacles , Conrad could n't tell . Probably she meant he might have kissed her before . There was no doubt , however , about her intention of knitting till past one in the morning . She did it enlarging on the medical status of her illustrious uncle , Dr. Everett Gayler , who had just crept into the conversation . Her son was n't so sorry for this as Mrs. Iggulden , who dozed and waked with starts , on principle , outside in the passage unseen . _ He _ could stand at the wide-open window , and hear the little waves plash `` Sally '' in the moonlight , and the counter-music of the down-drawn shingle echo `` Sally '' back .