six o'clock
The Marble Hearts were Missy 's `` crowd , '' thus named after Tess had joined it . Of course , said Tess , they must have a name . A fascinating fount of ideas was Tess 's . She declared , now , that they MUST give a dinner-party , a regular six o'clock function . Life for the younger set in Cherryvale was so bourgeois , so ennuye . It devolved upon herself and Missy to elevate it . So , at the next meeting of the crowd , they would broach the idea .