five in the afternoon
Perhaps too suggestive of heart-breaking military men . Minors is safer in a respectable seaside place . '' The professor had been up all night , but looked much as usual , and was eating a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs in the cheerful coffee-room when Malling arrived . He scarcely ever ate at orthodox hours , and had frequently been caught lunching at restaurants in London between four and five in the afternoon . `` Where 's the rector ? At church ? '' was his greeting .