seven o'clock
`` Bert must love mushrooms , '' said Nellie . `` I do , '' said Bert , `` if they are in a sauce . '' And then the game went on , until somebody suggested something else . At seven o'clock a supper was served . The tables were two in number , with the little girls and boys at one and the big girls and boys at the other . Each was decked out with flowers and with colored streamers , which ran down from the chandelier to each corner of both tables . There was a host of good things to eat and drink -- chicken sandwiches and cake , with cups of sweet chocolate , or lemonade , and then more cake and ice-cream , and fruit , nuts , and candy .