two until eight o'clock
said Ernestine . They opened the Cake Shop just before the holidays , with a great party . Milly was positive that was the right procedure , though Ernestine could see no point to giving away so much `` trade . '' Nearly a thousand finely engraved cards were sent out to Milly 's friends , the friends of Milly 's friends , and their friends and acquaintances , to meet `` Mrs. John Bragdon and Miss Ernestine Geyer at the Cake Shop on Saturday , December the fifteenth , from two until eight o'clock . '' -LRB- Ernestine , to be sure , could not be `` met , '' because she was in the cellar most of the time attending to many essential details of the occasion . But Milly was there in the shop above , prettily gowned in a costume she had managed to capture , incidentally , on her flying visit to the French capital . -RRB- * * * * * It was a tremendous , resounding , thrilling success !