Eleven o'clock
And Berry did , -- a `` distracting '' headache , as she wrote Georgie over-night . She was the only member of the Early Dip Club who missed the picnic . Headaches are sad but convenient things . Eleven o'clock brought the girls to the Grays ' front door , all ready for their start , in various village carts and victorias . There was a little re-distribution : Georgie and Gertrude fitted in with some of their cronies , and Mrs. Gray took three girls besides Marian and Candace in her wagonette . Frederic and the coachman stowed many small baskets and a heap of wraps into the different rumbles and box seats , and they set forth under the bluest of blue skies . It was a beautiful day , just warm enough and not too warm ; for a fragrant wind was blowing softly in from the sea .