five o'clock
`` Yes , '' he said at length ; `` it will give me much pleasure . '' The prince glanced at him curiously beneath his bushy eyebrows . What was there to need reflection in such a small question ? `` At five o'clock , '' he said . `` We can give you a cup of the poisonous tea you drink in this country . '' And he went away laughing heartily at the small witticism . People whose lives are anything but a joke are usually content with the smallest jests .