late-bird

Updated: May 22, 2025

I went there because it was the one decent hotel I knew of in those parts, which was probably your own reason, and I was out reconnoitring my old friend's house because I knew him for an inveterate late-bird, and he did not write as though marriage had improved his habits. In fact, as you know, he had gone to the dogs altogether." This reminded Langholm of the hour.

E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung - The Shadow of the Rope