midday
Said Suzanna : `` The queen wants her strawberries wet with dew and buried in their own green leaves . '' `` The queen , '' returned the maid , `` shall have her luncheon . '' `` And the Princess Cecilia , '' said the queen , `` shall eat with me , Letty . '' Suzanna was very glad to hear this since for a long time past she had been hungry , and had been thinking rather longingly of the midday dinner at home . The maid left , but in a very short time she came into the garden again and announced that lunch was ready in the dining-room . `` Walk behind me , '' said the old lady , and Suzanna took her place behind the queen . In that sequence they went down the path , up the four steps leading to the little house , through the open door , and paused in a short , narrow hall , through which Suzanna and her sister and brother had often walked .