nine
o'clock
He left two tables of bridge fiends sitting immobile , the women with flushed faces and feverish hands , and the men with cigarettes dangling from their lips . There were trays and decanters beside each card-table ; and in the hall he passed three youths staggering about in each other 's arms and feebly singing snatches of `` coon songs . '' Ollie and Betty had strolled away together to parts unknown . Montague had entered his name in the order-book to be called at nine o'clock . The man who awakened him brought him coffee and cream upon a silver tray , and asked him if he would have anything stronger . He was privileged to have his breakfast in his room , if he wished ; but he went downstairs , trying his best to feel natural in his elaborate hunting costume . No one else had appeared yet , but he found the traces of last night cleared away , and breakfast ready -- served in English fashion , with urns of tea and coffee upon the buffet .