three in the afternoon
... Perhaps he might be mistaken , and the interview might prove an interesting one . At all events , he would have the chance of retiring after a brief conversation about the past ... . His curiosity was becoming excited by the mystery . And at three in the afternoon he took a street car that conducted him to the new districts springing up around the base of Tibidabo . The commercial bourgeoisie had covered these lands with an architectural efflorescence , legitimate daughter of their dreams . Shopkeepers and manufacturers had wished to have here a pleasure house , traditionally called a _ torre _ , in order to rest on Sundays and at the same time make a show of their wealth with these Gothic , Arabic , Greek , and Persian creations . The most patriotic were relying on the inspiration of native architects who had invented a Catalan art with pointed arches , battlements , and ducal coronets .