eight in the morning
`` Oh , happiness ! Name the hour , too , Rosannah . '' `` I like the morning , it is so blithe . Will eight in the morning do , Alonzo ? '' `` The loveliest hour in the day -- since it will make you mine . '' There was a feeble but frantic sound for some little time , as if wool-lipped , disembodied spirits were exchanging kisses ; then Rosannah said , `` Excuse me just a moment , dear ; I have an appointment , and am called to meet it . '' The young girl sought a large parlor and took her place at a window which looked out upon a beautiful scene .