two in the evening
Thus a quarter , from being merely an odd piece of loose change , took on a vital , tangible character of its own . Translated into smokes , it gave a smoke a new value . He had started in to make a box of cigarettes last a day ; but he was now resolved to make them last two days . This allowed him one after each meal and two in the evening . If at first he had considered this a hardship , he was beginning to appreciate the fact that it had its compensating advantages . This morning , for instance , he felt that he had never tasted such good tobacco in his life . Like his breakfast , it was a pleasure to be prolonged -- to give his thought to .