ten o'clock
`` Feed-room ai n't no place fer chickens ; they oughter make they living on bugs and worms and sich . '' `` These chickens are -- are different , Rufus , and -- and so am I , '' I answered him with dignity . `` Call me when the gentlemen are ready to breakfast with me . '' `` They talked until most daylight , and I knows 'em well enough to not cook fer 'em until after ten o'clock . They 's gentlemen , they is . '' The tones of his voice were perfectly servile , though it was plain to see that his mental processes were not . `` All right , I 'll eat mine now , Rufus , and then I want you to get me a -- a hammer and some nails .