five o'clock
` This 'll have to be set right , both for Lou 's sake and for yours , and to satisfy us all . They 're making a mystery , d'you see , of Lou leaving ` ome and going off to live with strangers ; and Cissy 's been doing her best to make people think there 's something wrong -- the spiteful creature ! And there 's only one way of setting it right . As soon as Lou can be dressed and got down , and when the drawing-room 's finished , I want her to ask all our friends here to five o'clock tea , just to let them see with their own eyes -- ' ` Mrs. Higgins ! ' ` Of course there 'll be no expense for _ you _ , Mrs. Mumford -- not a farthing . I 'll provide everything , and all I ask of you is just to sit in your own drawing-room -- ' ` Mrs. Higgins , be so kind as to listen to me . This is quite impossible .