three o'clock
There are people with memories so constructed that what they said , and another did not contradict or even answer , seems to them , upon retrospect , to have been delivered by that other person , and received in dead silence by themselves . Meantime Lucy was in her own room and the door bolted . So she was the next day ; and uneasy Mrs. Bazalgette came hunting her , and tapped at the door after first trying the handle , which in Lucy 's creed was not a discreet and polished act . `` Nobody admitted here till three o'clock . '' `` It is me , Lucy . '' `` So I conclude , '' said Lucy gayly . `` ` Me ' must call again at three , whoever it is . ''