ten o'clock
I 'll not spoil my pleasure by finding out how fast it 's going away . If thou ` rt hungry , eat . I make my own dinner hour , and I have eaten mine an hour ago . '' So they had their veal pies , and then found out it was only about half-past ten o'clock ; by so many pleasurable events had that morning been marked . But such was their buoyancy of spirits , that they only enjoyed their mistake , and joined in the general laugh against the man who had eaten his dinner somewhere about nine . He laughed most heartily of all , till , suddenly stopping , he said , -- `` I must not go on at this rate ; laughing gives one such an appetite . '' `` Oh !