about ten o'clock
Your father was celebrated for his wines , Colonel : I remember an anecdote told me by Captain Ferguson -- by the by , do you know where Ferguson could be found , now , sir ? '' `` Not I . What wines do you drink , Carson ? '' `` A couple of glasses of sherry , sir , at dinner ; and about ten o'clock , a glass of brandy and water . '' `` Carson , you are sober and prudent . Well about these cursed petitions ; you must help me to dispose of them . Why , a man would think by the tenor of them , that these tenants of mine are ground to dust by a tyrant . ''