eleven o'clock
He beckoned to one of the boat 's crew . `` Let Sanchez lift you out to the skiff so you wo n't get your feet wet . '' Thacker , the United States consul at Buenas Tierras , was not yet drunk . It was only eleven o'clock ; and he never arrived at his desired state of beatitude -- a state wherein he sang ancient maudlin vaudeville songs and pelted his screaming parrot with banana peels -- until the middle of the afternoon . So , when he looked up from his hammock at the sound of a slight cough , and saw the Kid standing in the door of the consulate , he was still in a condition to extend the hospitality and courtesy due from the representative of a great nation . `` Do n't disturb yourself , '' said the Kid , easily . `` I just dropped in .