three o'clock
Tears filled the boy 's eyes as he looked , and his mother loved him for the sensibility . She went out with him into the corridor to speak . There was so much she had to tell him that could not be told in a moment or two . `` I shall be off duty by three o'clock , '' she said . `` Can you wait till then ? '' `` I suppose I could n't ... they would n't want me at Inch ? I have written to Stella and she has not answered . ''