five o'clock
Hannah has grown more mature since I saw her last , and Frieda is distinctly unique . Alice is the kind you can tie to . But I really think , without prejudice , my Catherine is a shade sweeter and steadier and more responsible than all the rest ! '' By five o'clock the house was all ready . The decorations were great masses of goldenrod which Bert and Polly had gathered . Frieda had suggested tying them with bows of red ribbon , whereat the others had shrieked with horror and tried to Americanize her color sense a little . She approved of the birthday cake , and was interested in the big tin circle which held fifty candle-sockets , and would slip over the cake as it rested on a tray .