one o'clock
The boys , with straw hats sticking very far back on their heads , were also waiting Miss Ramsay 's pleasure in the hall downstairs . The children and the governess went out walking solemnly two and two , Miss Ramsay and Conrad in front , Lucy and Mary following , with Ann and Philip behind . It was a hot day ; but Miss Ramsay never excused the morning walk on the dusty highroads . The children came in very much flushed and tired at one o'clock for dinner . They assembled again in the big , cool dining room and ate their roast mutton and peas and new potatoes , and rice pudding and stewed fruit with the propriety of children who have been thoroughly well brought up . At dinner French was again the only language allowed to be spoken . In consequence there was a sad dearth of any conversation at that dinner table .