six o'clock
However miracles continue to happen in this cut-and-dried world . When the subject was broached to Missy 's mother with carefully considered tact , she bore up with puzzling but heavenly equanimity . She looked thoughtfully at the two girls in turn , and then gazed out the window . `` A six o'clock dinner-party , you say ? '' she repeated , her eyes apparently fixed on the nasturtium bed . `` Yes , Mrs. Merriam . '' It was Tess who answered .