seven in the evening
Promptly at eight every one was at the Castle . Lady Gray met them in the garden and said : -- `` I received by to-day 's mail a very kind invitation to go to a party over at Chicken Place . You were all invited . It is to be to-morrow , from seven in the evening until one in the morning . All who wish to go will oblige me by saying ` I. ' '' Every one said `` I. '' Then the chickens left to get ready for the party . CHAPTER FIFTH . gave each of us an orange or an apple , '' said Speckle to Henny Penny the day after the party .