three o'clock
`` I guess that 's right , '' nodded Dick . `` Oh , well , I 'll go . But , if Mr. Ripley has anything to pass in the way of thanks , I hope he 'll cut it short . '' So , at three o'clock , Dick climbed the stairs and knocked at the office door . The lawyer himself opened . `` Oh , how do you do , Prescott ? '' demanded Lawyer Ripley , holding out his hand .