the one o'clock Christmas
Peter took her home , and they chatted on the steps gaily enough , in the winter twilight . But Susan cried herself to sleep that night . This first departure from her rule had proven humiliating and disastrous ; she determined not to depart from it again . Georgie and the doctor came to the house for the one o'clock Christmas dinner , the doctor instantly antagonizing his wife 's family by the remark that his mother always had her Christmas dinner at night , and had `` consented '' to their coming , on condition that they come home again early in the afternoon . However , it was delightful to have Georgie back again , and the cousins talked and laughed together for an hour , in Mary Lou 's room . Almost the first question from the bride was of Susan 's love-affair , and what Peter 's Christmas gift had been . `` It has n't come yet , so I do n't know myself ! ''