five o'clock
He often said of himself : `` I am a very reserved man , I know . It is a fault of character . I regret it , but I ca n't help it . I have not the art of chatting about my deepest feelings at five o'clock tea as a man must do who lays himself out to be popular with women . What I feel it is my nature to conceal . '' His reserve on this occasion was concentrated in his face , which remained unmoved . But the lofty impassiveness on which he prided himself did not reach down to his legs .