four o'clock
I hope that maid has n't gone on a vacation . It usually takes her forever . '' Arline darted out of the room to hang over the baluster once more . This time it was the Emerson twins , and by four o'clock the last member of the club had taken her place beside her sisters in Arline 's room . `` As we are all here , '' announced Arline , `` we might as well begin . The feast awaits you downstairs in the dining room ; that is , a very small part of it . There is one beautiful feature about this luncheon , we are to have plenty of exercise between each course .