ten o'clock
`` You see in Mrs. Markham a very remarkable woman -- the married belle , '' said the editor . `` The married belle , I understand , is an established feature of life abroad , but she is as yet comparatively unknown in the South . Here we put a woman on the shelf at twenty -- or at eighteen if she marries then , as she often does . '' Coffee and waffles were served at ten o'clock . Two coloured women brought in the coffee and the cups on a tray , but the ladies themselves served it . `` I apologize for the coffee , '' said Mrs. Markham . `` I have a suspicion that it is more or less bean , but the Yankee blockading fleet is very active and I dare any of you to complain . ''