one o'clock
`` Dinner ! Why , Sally , we just finished breakfast . I 'm sure I do n't want anything to eat so soon , '' replied Miss Selina . `` It 's pas ' one o'clock , Miss S'lina , an ' you allus likes de meals to be on time , '' ventured Sally . `` I 'm sure I feel as if it was dinner time , 'cause I 'm so hungry , '' added Ruth , who always had a healthy appetite . Aunt Selina laughed indulgently as she rose and limped slowly indoors . Immediately after dinner Ruth hurried to the library and brought forth a pencil and paper .