eight o'clock
Even the greenest girls fresh from the other side begin to talk about having the washing put out , and to have extra help come in to wash windows and beat rugs ! I do n't know what we 're coming to -- you teach them to tell a blanket from a sheet , and how to boil coffee , and set a table , and then away they go to get more money somewhere . Dear me ! Your father 's mother used to have girls who had the wash on the line before eight o'clock -- '' `` Yes , but then Grandma 's house was simpler , '' Sandy contributed , a little doubtfully . `` You know , Grandma never put on any style , Mother -- '' `` Her house was always one of the most comfortable , most hospitable -- '' `` Yes , I know , Mother ! '' Alexandra persisted eagerly . `` But Fanny never had to answer the door , and Grandma used to let her leave the tablecloth on between meals -- Grandma told me so herself !