seven o'clock
`` Well , you could take it from me , Doctor , '' Eichendorfer concluded , `` when one of these old-timers goes under there 's a history of a rich , unbalanced diet behind it ; and Bright 's Disease it is . Also , you should n't forget to send in your bill -- not a cent less than ten dollars . '' He shook his confrère warmly by the hand ; and three hours later the melancholy circumstance of Sam 's Bright 's Disease was known to every member of the cloak and suit trade , with one exception -- to wit , as the lawyers say , Sam himself . He knew that he had had _ gefüllte Rinderbrust _ , but by seven o'clock this knowledge became only a torment as the savoury odour of the family dinner ascended to his bedroom . `` Babette , '' he called faintly , as becomes a convalescent , `` ai n't I going to have no dinner at all to-night ? '' For answer Babette brought in a covered tray , on which were arranged two pieces of dry toast and a glass of buttermilk . `` What 's this ? ''