2 p.m.
The chauffeur is a most superior man . In fact , except that he has been twice convicted of felony and continually boasts of his successful desertion from the Army in 1917 , there is nothing against him . My work would be comparatively light if the unfortunate resemblance , to which I have alluded above , were less pronounced . In a word , the butler 's working day finishes at 2 p.m. , and on two occasions I have had to repair to `` The Blue Goat '' as late as seven-thirty to hale him out of the tap-room in time for dinner . His carriage in the dining-room , when he can hardly see , is one of the wonders of the world . _ _ Of course I go out with the car -- usually to a wedding . The solemnization of matrimony , especially if one of the parties is of noble birth , draws the dream-child as a magnet the steel .