One o'clock
Meanwhile , Friskarina had jumped up to her mistress , who stroked her fondly , and kissed her , and Friskarina felt her face wet with tears . ` What can be the matter with the princess ? ' thought she ; ` I am sure _ she _ ca n't have any troubles ; O I wish she could see that poor woman in the cottage ! ' One o'clock -- and the great bell of the palace rang -- and then the cats always went down to dinner , and the princess went down to her luncheon . And a grand luncheon it was , for it happened that day to be the princess 's birth-day , and three of her cousins were coming to dine with her , and they were going to have _ such _ a plum-pudding -- so _ very _ big ; and there was to be an elephant and castle , made of sugar , all over gilding , at the top . But , somehow , when the princess sat down to her luncheon , she did not look happy , notwithstanding her birth-day , and her three cousins , and the great plum-pudding they were going to have . ` May it please your royal highness , ' said the tall page , Grandmagnificolowsky , ` shall I put the cats ' meat in the hall for them , as the snow is so deep in the garden , to-day ? '