eight o'clock
She was down and out philosophically to play nine holes with her host before breakfast . Her brother , awakening less happily , made a series of discoveries regarding his bodily sensations that caused him to view life with disaffection . Noting that the hour was early , however , he took cheer , and after a long , strong , cold drink , which he rang for , and a pricking icy shower , which he nerved himself to , he was ready to ignore his aching head and get the start of Mauburn . The Englishman , he seemed to recall , had drunk even more than he , and , as it was barely eight o'clock , would probably not come to life for a couple of hours yet . He made his way to the breakfast-room . The thought of food was not pleasant , but another brandy and soda , beading vivaciously in its tall glass , would enable him to watch with fortitude the spectacle of others who might chance to be eating . And he would have at least two hours of Miss Bines before Mauburn 's head should ache him back to consciousness .