five o'clock
`` You do n't need to , '' said Patty , quickly . `` Your wonderful bread and butter is too good to be spoiled with a sandwich filling of any sort . '' '' ` Most all things are good eating at an afternoon tea , '' observed Tom . `` Somehow , at five o'clock I 'm always so hungry I could eat a brickbat if it were toasted and buttered . '' `` Afternoon tea is really an acquired taste with us , '' said Patty . `` You seem to have it naturally , even when you 're alone , but we only have it when we have guests . '' `` Really ? ''