three o'clock
But they were such true gentlefolk that it was impossible for long not to feel at ease in their society . So when I learnt that Lancelot had not changed one whit in his love for me , and when I found that not the Captain alone , but his beautiful niece too , did everything to make me feel happy and at home -- why , it would have been churlish of me not to have aided their gentleness by making myself as agreeable as might be . -LSB- Illustration : `` HE BROKE OFF IN WHAT HE WAS SAYING TO CLASP MY HAND . '' -RSB- The Captain had so much to say of his scheme or dream , and we were so content to listen like good children , that we did not rise from table till nigh three o'clock . It was such a happy dream , and so feelingly depicted by the Captain , that it never occurred to me for a moment to doubt in any wise its feasibility , or to feel aught but sure that I was engaged in the greatest undertaking wherein man had ever shared . When we did part at last , on the understanding that I was to attend upon the Captain daily , I shook hands with Marjorie as with an old friend . I was for shaking hands with Lancelot , too , but he would not hear of it .