five o'clock
But they were an especially happy family , and most hospitable and entertaining . Patty thoroughly enjoyed her afternoon , although they did nothing in particular for her entertainment . But Aunt Grace was very fond of her motherless niece , and the twins just adored Patty . At five o'clock tea was served , and though the appointments were not at all like Mrs. Allen 's carefully equipped service , yet it was an hour of comfortable enjoyment . Uncle Ted came home , and he was so merry and full of jokes , that he made them all laugh . Two or three casual callers dropped in , and Patty thought again , as she sometimes did , that perhaps she liked her Barlow cousins best of all . Dinner , not entirely to Patty 's surprise , showed some of the same characteristics as luncheon had done .