one o'clock
She was telling him , with that warm laughter and happiness in her eyes , how the sun had wakened her , and how she had helped Wallie get breakfast . For the first time Keith was looking at her from a point of vantage ; there was just so much distance between them , no more and no less , and the light was right . She was , to him , exquisite . The little puckery lines came into her smooth forehead when he apologized for his tardiness by explaining that he had not gone to bed until one o'clock . Her concern was delightful . She scolded him while Wallie brought in the breakfast , and inwardly he swelled with the irrepressible exultation of a great possessor . He had never had anyone to scold him like that before .