four in the morning
I opened my pocket-book and showed her a handful of bank-bills . `` I think , madam , that these are unexceptionable , '' said I. `` Ye 'll be wantin ' breakfast late ? '' was her reply . `` Madam , we want breakfast at whatever hour it suits you to give it , from four in the morning till four in the afternoon ! '' I cried . `` Only tell us your figure , if your mouth be large enough to let it out ! '' `` I couldna give ye supper the nicht , '' came the echo .