one o’clock
Any paragraphs relating to Royalty were read aloud to his wife , who knew not only all the members of the English Royal Family by name , but also those dignitaries abroad who had the happiness to be connected with it in marriage . She could in all probability have given the King himself much useful information as to the ages and fourth and fifth Christian names of some of the later and more remote members of his family . Her day was as regular and methodical as her husband 's . The morning was devoted to assisting and superintending the general servant for the time being ; after dinner , at one o'clock , she retired upstairs to dress and went down to the shops to make a few purchases , returning in good time to give her husband tea . The early part of the evening was devoted to waiting for supper ; the latter part to waiting for bed . During the first week of Joan 's visit an agreeable thrill was communicated to the household by preparations for an evening , or perhaps an afternoon and evening , in town . The event came off -- in the third week of her stay -- on a wet Thursday afternoon , Mrs. Carr and Joan got wet walking to the omnibus , and wetter still waiting at one corner of the Bank of England for Mr. Carr , who was getting wet at another .