two o'clock
A young negress slave then brought in a tray with cups , into which she poured out some chocolate , making it froth up till they overflowed , and then handed them round to us . Cigars were next offered to us , and we smoked them till suppertime . For this meal we adjourned to the dining-room , where our host insisted on waiting on us . It was a repetition of dinner , which the family had taken according to custom at two o'clock . The wife of Don Jose , and her maiden sister and three daughters , pretty , palefaced , black-eyed girls , with hair like the raven 's wing , were present , as were the family priest and two gentlemen , cousins of our host . We first had an insipid kind of soup , and then their principal dish , called _ puchero _ . It contained all sorts of meats and vegetables mixed up together -- beef , pork , ham , bacon , sausage , poultry , cabbage , _ yuccas camotes _ -LRB- a sort of potato -RRB- , potatoes , rice , peas , _ chochitas _ -LRB- grains of maize -RRB- , quince , and banana .