five in the afternoon
` Please . What a curious custom this drinking of tea is in business offices ! I think I shall write an article on `` A Nation of Tea-tipplers . '' If I were an enemy of England , instead of being its greatest friend , I would descend with my army on this country between the hours of four and five in the afternoon , and so take the population unawares while it was drinking tea . What would you do if the enemy came down on you during such a sacred national ceremony ? ' ` I would offer her a cup of tea , ' replied Wentworth , suiting the action to the phrase . ` Mr. Wentworth , ' said the girl archly , ` you 're improving .