Three o'clock
Take the little girls into the dining-room . I want the sitting-room kept nice for callers . '' I could n't get my mouth open to say another word . Three o'clock was the usual hour for little girls to go to parties , and I flew into the kitchen to ask Ruth what time it was . `` Two o'clock , '' she said . `` And in an hour would it be three ? How many minutes was an hour ?