two o'clock
`` Why , of course , the reason is , so the children can eat once in a while , '' suggested her brother . `` Baby ca n't come to the table . She 's too little , and her table manners are informal , to say the least . However , the tradition still holds , so dinner 's at two o'clock , and you may as well all go and get dressed , for it 's after one , now . There 'll be a few extra guests , so you girls will have somebody to dress up for . '' `` I like that , '' said Roger ; `` as if we boys were n't enough for any girls to dress up for ! '' `` But you 've seen all our pretty frocks , '' laughed Patty .