six o'clock in the morning
`` I 'll only light the candle , mother , when the Pater comes , '' said Elsa , with imperturbable cheerfulness ; `` I 'll just sit by the open door now and put a stitch or two in father 's bunda while the light lasts : and when I ca n't see any longer I 'll just sit quietly in the dark , till the Pater comes . I shall be quite happy , '' she added , with a quaint little sigh , `` I have such a lot to think about . '' `` So have I , '' retorted Irma , `` and I shall go and do my thinking in bed . I shall have to be up by six o'clock in the morning , I expect , and anyhow I hate sitting up in the dark . '' She turned to go into the inner room , but Elsa -- moved by a sudden impulse -- ran after her and put her arms round her mother 's neck . `` Wo n't you kiss me , mother ? '' she said wistfully .