four o'clock
Pen had promised to be at home to dinner at six o'clock , but the rascal thought he could accommodate pleasure and duty in this point , and was only too eager to accept this invitation . He looked on with delight and wonder while Ophelia busied herself about the room , and prepared for the dinner . She arranged the glasses , and laid and smoothed the little cloth , all which duties she performed with a quiet grace and good humor , which enchanted her guest more and more . The `` poy '' arrived from the baker 's , in the hands of one of the little choir-boy 's brothers , at the proper hour : and at four o'clock , Pen found himself at dinner -- actually at dinner with the greatest tragic actress in the world , and her father -- with the handsomest woman in all creation -- with his first and only love , whom he had adored ever since when ? -- ever since yesterday , ever since forever . He ate a crust of her making , he poured her out a glass of beer , he saw her drink a glass of punch -- just one wine-glass full -- out of the tumbler which she mixed for her papa . She was perfectly good-natured , and offered to mix one for Pendennis too .