eight in the morning
he cried . `` Why not ? Lodging costs money in Soho . George is a waiter , he goes out at eight in the morning and does not come in till closing time , so he is n't in my way at all . We neither of us sleep well , and he helps to pass away the hours of the night by telling me stories of his life . He 's a Swiss , and I 've always had a taste for waiters . They see life from an entertaining angle . ''