two o'clock
`` We must call the meeting first , just as grown-up people do . '' For Cricket , with all her harum-scarum ways , had a strong liking for organization . `` You 're a fuss , '' said Edna , laughing , but yielding the point . So at two o'clock , the three girls duly and solemnly convened behind the rocks , where they were completely screened from observation , both from the house , and from any one passing along the beach . All felt the importance of the occasion , and had preternaturally grave faces . `` What do we do first ? '' asked Edna , uncertainly .