three o'clock in the afternoon
Just when he said `` Lead us not into temptation '' the big kangaroo-dog slipped in and grabbed all the fresh meat on the table ; but Dave managed to kick him in the ribs at the door . Dad groaned and seemed very restless . When the parson had gone Dad said that what he had read about `` reaping the same as you sow '' was all rot , and spoke about the time when we sowed two bushels of barley in the lower paddock and got a big stack of rye from it . The wedding was on a Wednesday , and at three o'clock in the afternoon . Most of the people came before dinner ; the Hamiltons arrived just after breakfast . Talk of drays ! -- the little paddock could n't hold them .