two o'clock
`` I do n't think it 's middle-class . I think it 's nice ; it 's Southern . '' Miss Gibbie 's broad-brimmed hat was straightened , the crumpled ribbons smoothed , the plump cheeks kissed . `` And if I did n't have dinner at two o'clock I could n't have supper at seven . Thin ham and beaten biscuits and salads and iced tea and summer things like that are much nicer then meats and vegetables and desserts on warm nights . I 'm not stylish . I 'm just Mary Cary , who loves old-fashioned ways and things . ''