ten in the morning
`` Well , if you ca n't stay overnight , '' Mrs. Phillips proceeded , `` at least stay a few hours for the moonlight . The moon will be almost full to-night , and the walk across the marshes to the trolley-line ought to be beautiful . Or Peter could run you across in eight or ten minutes . '' She did not urge Randolph to remain in the absence of Cope , though Randolph 's appearance at his office at ten in the morning would have surprised no one , and have embarrassed no one . Tea was served before the big fireplace in which a small flame to heat the kettle was rising . Randolph set his empty cup on the shelf above . `` Notice , '' said Mrs. Phillips to him , `` that poem of Carolyn 's just behind your cup : ` Summer Day in Duneland ' . ''