7 o'clock
During all of the next week the Larrabees had an early breakfast . Joe was enthusiastic about some morning-effect sketches he was doing in Central Park , and Delia packed him off breakfasted , coddled , praised and kissed at 7 o'clock . Art is an engaging mistress . It was most times 7 o'clock when he returned in the evening . At the end of the week Delia , sweetly proud but languid , triumphantly tossed three five-dollar bills on the 8x10 -LRB- inches -RRB- centre table of the 8x10 -LRB- feet -RRB- flat parlour . `` Sometimes , '' she said , a little wearily , `` Clementina tries me . I 'm afraid she does n't practise enough , and I have to tell her the same things so often .