ten o'clock
Once a year there comes a week 's feast throughout Russia , during which many deaths occur from the over-eating of pancakes ; but this is a religious festival , and an exception . Taking him all round , the German as a trencherman stands pre-eminent among the nations of the earth . He rises early , and while dressing tosses off a few cups of coffee , together with half a dozen hot buttered rolls . But it is not until ten o'clock that he sits down to anything that can properly be called a meal . At one or half-past takes place his chief dinner . Of this he makes a business , sitting at it for a couple of hours . At four o'clock he goes to the cafe , and eats cakes and drinks chocolate .