three o'clock
Well , ours has got money , and , for my part , give me good wages and plenty to eat , and blood be blowed ! ' remarked the young footman , who had been nettled at the reproof . ` No low talk here , please , ' said Sykes with dignity as he rose to see about the wine for dinner . Nanny went upstairs ostensibly to get her young lady 's things out for dinner , although , as it was only three o'clock , it was rather early ; but in reality she felt that Miss Horatia wanted one of her own people with her at this moment , so she knocked at her door , and found Horatia in the silver-fitted bathroom plunging her head into the marble basin . ` Miss Horatia , my dearie , what are you thinking about ? This hot day it 's enough to give you your death ! ' she cried .