Possible Clues:

• Not seem slower of late, of course
• Of late one may have this as a matter of course, but not slower, perhaps
• Not slower in the evening, of course
• Composer with right to late meal
• Seems not slower of late
• Late, of course
• One who drinks with a meal?
• Early evening meal
• As a matter of course it is not slower, maybe
• Great to gather round piano, singing for this?