morning, noon
`` I do n't see but that we shall have to quit drinking tea , '' said Doctor Warren . `` We drink altogether too much . It has become a dissipation . We drink it morning , noon , and night . Some of the old ladies of my acquaintance keep the teapot on the coals pretty much all the time . Our wives meet in the afternoon to sip tea and talk gossip . The girls getting ready to be married invite their mates to quiltings and serve them with Old Hyson .