noon
My part was to show that I was an athlete , and primarily that I could fence and shoot . ` It will do no harm to let it be known , ' said DeWitt . He sat writing letters incessantly . My father made the tour of his fair stewardesses from noon to three , after receiving in audience his jewellers , linen-drapers , carpenters , confectioners , from nine in the morning till twelve . At three o'clock business ceased . Workmen then applying to him for instructions were despatched to the bar of the hotel , bearing the recommendation to the barmaid not to supply them refreshment if they had ever in their lives been seen drunk . At four he dressed for afternoon parade .