three p.m.
But Phoebe saw there was something wrong . Rhoda came rustling in before much more could be said . She was full of details of the journey . What the Queen looked like , -- a tall , stout woman , with such blooming cheeks that Rhoda felt absolutely certain she wore rouge , -- how she was dressed , -- all in black , with a black calash , or high , loose hood , and adorned with diamonds -- how she had been received , -- with ringing cheers from the Tory part of the population , but ominous silence , or very faint applause , from such as were known to be Whigs : how Sophia Rich had told Rhoda that all the Whig ladies of mark had made up their minds to attend no drawing-rooms the next season : how it was beginning to be dimly suspected that Lord Mar was coquetting with the exiled members of the royal family , and more than suspected that the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough were no longer all powerful with Queen Anne , as they had once been : how the Queen always dined at three p.m. , never drank French wine , held drawing-rooms on Sundays after service , would not allow any gentleman to enter her presence without a full-bottomed periwig : all these bits of information Rhoda dilated on , passing from one to another with little regard to method , and wound up with an account of the presentation of the bouquet , and how the Queen had received it from Lady Diana with a smile , and , `` I thank you all , young gentlewomen , '' in that silver voice which was Anne 's pre-eminent charm . But half an hour later , when Gatty was asleep , Rhoda said to Phoebe , -- `` I have made up my mind , Phoebe . '' `` Have you ? '' responded Phoebe .