three o'clock
The two had spent their morning in the usual way , had breakfast , fed the rabbits , said `` Good-morning '' to the horses , got mother a bunch of flowers from their own gardens -LRB- Isabel 's turn this morning -RRB- , seen daddy off , and then had lessons . You would n't have guessed for a moment that it was going to be a bad day ; everything had gone well . Peter had actually remembered that Madrid was the capital of Spain , always a rather doubtful question with him ; and Isabel had said her eight times with only two mistakes , and they were slight ones . So you may imagine they were feeling very happy and good , because it was a half-holiday , and , best of all , because Auntie May was coming over with her big motor at three o'clock , to take them back to tea with grandpapa . I should like you to understand that it was not just an ordinary tea , but a special one ; for it was grandpapa 's birthday , and , as perhaps you know , grandpapas do n't often have birthday parties , so it was a great occasion . -LSB- Sidenote : Presents -RSB- It had taken a long time to choose his presents , but at last they were decided . Isabel had made him a blue silk shaving tidy , with `` Shaving '' worked in pink across it .