nine in the morning
But Grandmother did n't seem to understand a bit . And yet she must have been young once -- was n't there that poem of Grandfather 's , `` To Myrtilla at Seventeen , '' to prove it ? The one beginning `` Sweetheart , whose shadowed hair ! '' Why , he must have -- yes , he spoke of it in the poem -- Grandfather must have held Grandmother 's hand , like the Dicky-lover today , and even kissed her because he wanted to , not because it was nine in the morning or ten at night . Those were the times he kissed her now . Of one thing Joy was certain , Grandmother had never told Grandfather he must stop . She would n't have dared .