four o'clock
There was an interregnum after that , and what came next ? Let me see -- it must have been the sleeping sickness . Midas grew very rapidly , Miss Sackville , and it was very difficult to get him to bed at nights , so as the mater thought he was suffering from the want of sleep , she promised him threepence an hour for every hour he spent in bed before nine o'clock . After that he retired regularly every night at seven , and on half - holidays it 's a solemn fact that he was in bed at four o'clock , issuing instructions as to the viands which were to be brought up for his refreshment ! The mater stood it for a time , but the family finances would n't bear the strain , so she limited the hours and reduced the fee , and Midas returned to his old ways . What came after that , Lorna ? '' `` I do n't know -- I forget !