11 a.m.
`` People they never heard of before , '' cried Pamela . `` What an odd taste ! However , I 'll do what I can . '' By 11 a.m. the ladies in Balmoral had laid out all they meant to wear -- skirts spread neatly on beds , jackets over chair-backs , even to the very best handkerchiefs on the dressing-table waiting for a sprinkle of scent . At two o'clock they began to dress . Miss Teenie protested against this disturbance of their afternoon rest , but her sister was firm . `` It 'll take me every minute of the time , Teenie , for I 've all my underclothing to change . ''