nine o'clock at night
said I. `` And where would I find any one better ? '' said he . `` Doing the work for a lone man who comes as irregularly to meals as a twenty-four-hour day will permit is no sinecure . She furnishes little sunshine in the home , but she does manage to produce a hot dinner at nine o'clock at night . '' Just the same , I am willing to wager that her hot dinners are neither delicious nor well served . She 's an inefficient , lazy old termagant , and I know why she does n't like me . She imagines that I want to steal away the doctor and oust her from a comfortable position , something of a joke , considering .