about ten
o'clock
she added wickedly . `` That 's fixed , then , '' said Tony . `` So long . I 'll call for you about ten o'clock , Ann . '' After lunch Lady Susan and Ann drove off in the two-seater , Ann at the wheel and a great basket of flowers for ammunition purposes on the floor of the car . The streets were thronged with people , and from almost every window depended flags and coloured streamers , flapping gaily in the breeze . Cars hastened hither and thither ; some , elaborately decorated , were evidently intended to compete for the prizes offered , whilst others , like that of Lady Susan , were only sufficiently embellished to permit of their taking part in the Battle of Flowers , in accordance with the official regulations issued for the occasion .