five o'clock
At last his health was drunk in champagne , and Braumüller , the oldest partner , a very jovial man , had amused himself by filling the boy 's glass again and again . `` Well , Wolfgang , that will be grand when you come to the office . Your health , my boy . '' It was almost five o'clock when they got up from table . The ladies sat down in the drawing-room to have a cup of coffee , the gentlemen went to the smoking-room . Wolfgang stole away , he felt such a longing for the Lämkes . First of all he wanted to show them the gold watch , and then he wanted to ask what text Frida had got at her confirmation , and then , then -- what would Frau Lämke say to him ?