eleven o'clock
That comes first . '' `` I 'll tell you , '' suggested Molly suddenly , as if struck with a brilliant idea ; `` let 's not have much for lunch . Your father wo n't be here , so we can eat up whatever was left over from breakfast , and have all our time for the dinner . '' `` But ` tis n't time to get dinner now ; it 's only eleven o'clock , '' said Polly . `` Yes , it is time , '' returned Molly . `` I want to try a lemon pudding for dessert , if he likes them , and it takes ever so much time , I know . We must feed him up well , so he wo n't look thin to your mother when , she gets back . ''