eight
o'clock in the morning
`` Not take breakfast , sir ! not take breakfast ! Would you like to take anything to drink then , sir ? People say it 's an odd time , at eight o'clock in the morning , to drink ; but , for my part , I always have thought that you could n't begin a good thing too soon . '' `` I live upon drink , '' said the stranger ; `` but you have none in the cellar that will suit me . '' `` Indeed , sir . '' `` No , no , I am certain . ''