one o’clock
We did not tell Father that the Uncle was coming to dinner with us , for the polite reason that I have explained before . But we had to tell Eliza ; so we said a friend was coming to dinner and we wanted everything very nice . I think she thought it was Albert-next-door , but she was in a good temper that day , and she agreed to cook the rabbit and to make a pudding with currants in it . And when one o'clock came the Indian Uncle came too . I let him in and helped him off with his greatcoat , which was all furry inside , and took him straight to the nursery . We were to have dinner there as usual , for we had decided from the first that he would enjoy himself more if he was not made a stranger of . We agreed to treat him as one of ourselves , because if we were too polite , he might think it was our pride because he was poor .