four
o'clock in the afternoon
We have something of the kind in Pelham ; and if we ca n't copy his merits , we must his peculiarities . Besides , it always is effective : a dressing-room or boudoir of supposed great people , is admitting the vulgar into the arcana , which they delight in . _ A. _ Nothing can be better . _ B. _ Then , as to time ; as the hero is still in bed , suppose we say four o'clock in the afternoon ? _ A. _ In the morning , you mean . _ B. _ No ; the afternoon . I grant you that fashionable young men in real life get up much about the same time as other people ; but in a fashionable novel your real exclusive never rises early .