one o'clock
Uncle Geoff had not been up to see us this morning -- nor had he sent for us to go down . I was very glad , and yet I did not think it was at all kind . I did not know till a good while afterwards that he had not been at home since the day before , as he had been sent for to a distance to see somebody who was very ill . At one o'clock we had had our dinner -- it was not as nice a one as we had had the other days , and we said to each other it was because Mrs. Partridge was angry still about the toast . We said so to Sarah too , and though she made no reply we could see she thought the same . `` And we shall have no strawberry jam for tea to-night , '' said Tom , sadly . `` No ` tawberry dam , '' said Racey , and the corners of his mouth went down as if he were going to cry .