six o'clock
`` Yes , now that you speak of it , it does seem dreary ; at least , it seems dreary outside . And I dare say it seems dreary in the house to you . Have they all gone out ? '' `` Yes ; and there is to be no six o'clock dinner . They are to dine in town and go to some lecture or other . I almost wish I had gone . '' `` I promised Claude that if he was very good he should go down to the drawing-room , and you would sing to us , '' said Christie .