nine o'clock at night
`` At breakfast you refuse pie , and complain because the coffee is boiled . Did anybody ever hear of coffee that was n't boiled ? Is it eaten raw in the city ? You call supper ` dinner , ' and have been known to seek nourishment at nine o'clock at night , when all respectable people are sound asleep . In your trunk , you have vainly attempted to conceal a large metal object , the use of which is unknown . '' `` Oh , my hapless chafing-dish ! '' groaned Ruth .