six o'clock
I turned away my head , and shut my eyes to this unwelcome sight . `` Eat , mees , '' said the woman , bringing us our food . `` There is tea . We give our pupils and instructresses tea for supper at six o'clock : after that there is no more to eat . '' I took a mouthful of the food , but I could hardly swallow it , exhausted as I was from hunger . The bread was sour and the butter rancid ; the tea tasted of garlic . Minima ate hers ravenously , without uttering a word .