midnight
Stop at the next inn , and call out for a glass of hot brandy and water . ' It was in vain for Kit 's mother to protest that she stood in need of nothing of the kind . The single gentleman was inexorable ; and whenever he had exhausted all other modes and fashions of restlessness , it invariably occurred to him that Kit 's mother wanted brandy and water . In this way they travelled on until near midnight , when they stopped to supper , for which meal the single gentleman ordered everything eatable that the house contained ; and because Kit 's mother did n't eat everything at once , and eat it all , he took it into his head that she must be ill . ` You 're faint , ' said the single gentleman , who did nothing himself but walk about the room . ` I see what 's the matter with you , ma'am . You 're faint . '