four o'clock
Uncle Ted sent to New York by a special messenger for a tent , and a lot of lanterns and gay bunting , and succeeded in getting them soon after noon . Then he and Bob and old Dil put the tent up , and hung the lanterns along the veranda and among the trees . Nan drove all around the country trying to find a cook to assist Hopalong , but as none was to be found , Aunt Grace had to go down to the kitchen and make some of the cakes herself . Nan and Bumble made sandwiches and squeezed lemons , and somehow the time slipped away until it was four o'clock , and the house was not yet decorated and the ice cream had n't arrived from New York . `` Nan , you and Patty fix the flowers , and I 'll take the trap and fly down to the station and see if the ice cream is n't there , '' said Bumble , who was very warm and tired , but who kindly offered to do the most unpleasant errand . `` All right , '' said Nan , and Bumble drove off in a hurry . That morning the girls had gathered a quantity of wild flowers and vines for decorations , and Bumble said she had put them in water , but nobody knew where .