ten o'clock P.M.
he said , looking at the green pearls lying in water in a pudding basin . `` They do n't see such peas as those in London , I can tell you ; and you 'd be a deal welcomer , Emma , if you were to take them a basketful of green stuff . I suppose Thomas Mitchell has his supper for breakfast when he gets up at night , and begins his day 's work at bed-time . He might like peas for breakfast at ten o'clock P.M. ; likewise broad beans . Just you wait three minutes . I bear them no ill-will , though I never could approve of a man being an owl . '' Within five minutes Rowles came back from his garden with a basket of fresh-smelling vegetables .