five o'clock
Odalite wore a white cashmere , trimmed with white satin , a pearl necklace and earrings . Wynnette and Elva wore their bridesmaids ' dresses , with a difference -- Wynnette with a coral necklace and earrings , and Elva with a turquoise set . Miss Meeke wore a brown silk dress , with cameo ornaments . They were all assembled in the parlor by five o'clock , waiting for their guests , who came a few minutes later . First came the `` break , '' driven by Le , and loaded with little people presided over by one big one . They scrambled and tumbled out in a hurry , and ran pellmell into the open door of the hall , where the girls were received with rapture by Wynnette and Elva , who took them upstairs to a well-warmed spare room , where they could lay off their wraps . The boys were conducted by Le to his own room , to take off their mufflers and to brush their hair .