twelve o'clock
`` But we can stay home for a party _ before _ we go down town for a show . And that 's just what we 're going to do . You hurry off to school now , dear , because it 's ten of one . And next time you see Frances Westland , you invite her to come here for twelve o'clock luncheon a week from next Saturday . Be sure to tell her it 's an all-afternoon party , so she can stay long enough to go down town with us . '' `` And who else 'll we have ? '' asked Mary Jane , when Alice had gone .