nine o'clock
At this moment Pax took a little run , and jumped on to Mamma 's lap , where , sitting facing the company , he opened his black mouth and yawned , with a ludicrous inappropriateness worthy of any clown . It made everybody laugh . `` And now we 'll go and act in the kitchen , '' said Nicholas . `` Supper at nine o'clock , remember , '' shouted the Captain . `` And we are going to have real frumenty and Yule cakes , such as Mamma used to tell us of when we were abroad . '' `` Hurray ! '' shouted the mummers , and they ran off , Pax leaping from his seat just in time to hustle the Black Prince in the doorway .