five o'clock
She said she 'd be ` ere this afternoon about four-thirty , if madam 'd be so good as to give ` er a cup o ' tea . '' `` Me ? '' Having invented the cup of tea for his own purpose Steptoe went on to explain further . `` It 's what the ` igh lydies mostly gives each other about ` alf past four or five o'clock , and madam could n't homit it without seemin ' as if she did n't know what 's what . It 'll be very important for madam to tyke ` er position from the start . If the lydy is comin ' friendly like she 'd be ` urt if madam was n't friendly too . '' Letty had seen the giving and taking of tea in more than one scene in the movies , and had also , from a discreet corner , witnessed the enacting of it right in the `` set '' on the studio lot .