noon
Cecilia wore white silk mittens . I hate mittens ; they are horrid things . If you want to make your hands look as ugly as you can , you have only to put on a pair of mittens . The wedding-dinner , which was at noon , was a very grand one . It should have been , for did n't my arms ache with beating eggs and keeping pans stirred ! Hatty said we were martyrs in a good cause . But I do think Fanny might have taken a little more trouble herself , seeing it was her wedding .