nine o'clock
The house was furnished in the easy unpretentiousness that prevailed in the South in other days . Cool matting covered all the floors , the hallways , and bedchambers . The dining-room opened into a drawing-room , where Kate and Olympia took turns at the big piano . The day was divided , English fashion , into breakfast , luncheon , dinner , and supper , the latter as late as nine o'clock in the night . Jack being unprovided with regimentals , Vincent wore civilian garb , to spare the `` prisoner '' -LRB- as Jack jocosely called himself -RRB- mortification . Gray was the `` only wear '' obtainable in Richmond , Mrs. Atterbury enjoying with gentle malice the rueful perplexities of her prisoner guests , Jack , Wesley , and Richard , as they surrounded the board in this rebel attire . `` I shall feel as uncertain of myself when I get back to blue , as I do in chess , after I have played a long while with the black , changing to white .