They don't sit up to dinner, of course, my dear ?" he added, turning to his wife.
"Yes, we do!" was on the tip of Marjorie's tongue, but she checked the speech just in time, and said nothing.
"No, of course not," replied Grandma Maynard; "our dinner hour is eight, and that is too late for children.

Besides, I have invited some guests to meet Ed and Helen.

So the children will have supper in the small breakfast-room at half-past six, and meantime, as you say, we must give them some amusement." King greatly wondered what these grandparents' idea of amusement would be, but Marjorie and Kitty had so little hope that it would be anything very enjoyable that they took little interest in it.
However, when it proved that the amusement was to be a ride in the park, it sounded rather attractive..