seven o'clock a.m.
`` But do you not suppose , Governor Wiseman , that every man has his irritated days ? '' Yes , yes , responded the governor . There are times when everything seems to go wrong . From seven o'clock a.m. till ten p.m. affairs are in a twist . You rise in the morning , and the room is cold , and a button is off , and the breakfast is tough , and the stove smokes , and the pipes burst , and you start down the street nettled from head to foot . All day long things are adverse . Insinuations , petty losses , meanness on the part of customers .