six o'clock
Miss Moppet and Peter flew from one window to another and cheered and shouted to their hearts ' content . Even Grandma Effingham and Clarissa waved their handkerchiefs , while Gulian , on the doorstep , raised his cocked hat in courtly salute to General Washington . Gulian was beginning to learn that perhaps one might find something to be proud of in America , even if we were lacking in the rank and titles he so admired . Oliver 's wedding , which was set for six o'clock , to allow the commander-in-chief to be present before the banquet at Fraunces 's Tavern , was to be on as grand a scale as Madam Cruger 's ideas could make it ; for having consented to her daughter 's marriage , that stately dame proposed to yield in her most gracious fashion . It took some time to dress Miss Moppet in the silken petticoat and puffed skirt , the tiny mobcap and white ribbons , which Kitty had considered proper for the occasion , and Betty found she must hasten her own toilet , or be late herself . Moppet followed her up to the old room where Betty had spent so many hours of varied experience , and assisted to spread out once again the flowered brocade , which had not seen the light of day since the De Lancey ball . `` Here are your slippers , Betty ; how nicely they fit your foot . ''