three o'clock
They paid no heed to their brother 's wig , wrinkles , or false teeth , and the hours he spent on his toilette , and his baths provoked a compassionate smile . Whilst they bitterly deplored the ravages made by time on their own faces and figures , they seemed to think that their brother had arrested the course of the common enemy , and that he had in fact some elixir for keeping himself eternally young . Manuel Antonio was methodical in his visits : he had several houses at which he called every day at the same time . He went to Don Juan Estrada 's at three o'clock , the coffee hour ; he took chocolate with the Countess of Onis every afternoon , and he was a regular _ habitué _ at the evening receptions of the Señora de Quiñones . There were several other families that he frequently visited . He dropped into the houses of Maria Josefa Hevia and the Mateos in the morning for a little while , just to hear any news that was going , or to inspect their work , and sometimes of an evening , he went to the Señoritas de Meré . `` Look , here is the count ! ''