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They have no plums , and Madame Duburg wants them for preserving . May we go over after dinner , and ask them to come in at three o'clock , and spend the evening ? '' `` Certainly , '' Captain Barclay said ; `` and you can give your mamma 's compliments , and ask if your uncle and Madame Duburg will come in , after they have dined . The young ones will make their dinner at our six o'clock tea . '' In France early dinner is a thing scarcely known , even among the peasantry ; that is to say , their meals are taken at somewhat the same time as ours are , but are called by different names . The Frenchman never eats what we call breakfast ; that is , he never makes a really heavy meal , the first thing in the morning . He takes , however , coffee and milk and bread and butter , when he gets up .