one o'clock
Then followed fresh talks with her grandfather , and all the details were arranged . There was rain on the Thursday and Friday , but when Ida drew up her blind at six o'clock on Saturday morning , the sky gave promise of good things . She was walking in the garden long before breakfast-time , and gladdened to rapture as she watched the sun gain power , till it streamed gloriously athwart cloudless blue . By one o'clock she was at the end of Litany Lane , where the cart with long seats was already waiting ; its arrival had become known to the little ones , and very few needed summoning . Of course there were disappointments now and again . In spite of mothers ' promises , half the children had their usual dirty faces , and showed no sign of any preparation . Five or six of them had nothing to put on their heads ; two had bare feet .