one o'clock
The Clover Leaves voted that feather-dusters , as a rule , were a delusion . One often sees a girl , who looks very complacent as she flirts a feather-duster over a parlor , displacing the dust so that it may settle somewhere else . All dusted articles should be wiped off , and the dust itself gotten rid of , by taking it out of the house , and leaving it no chance to get back on that day at least . When I reached home in time for our one o'clock dinner , I found Great-aunt Jessamine and grandmamma both waiting for me , and the former , who was a jolly little old lady , was quite delighted over the Bloomdale girls and their housekeeping . `` All is , '' she said , `` will those Downings do as well when there are no other girls to make them think the work is play ? '' `` Oh ! '' answered grandmamma , `` I never trouble my head about what folks will do in the future .