three in the afternoon
When Philip went home he put his pigeon book away . There was a final entry , slightly smeared and very badly written : _ They are ungrateful broots _ ! -LRB- Reprinted by permission of _ Saturday Night _ , Toronto . -RRB- It was at exactly half-past three in the afternoon of a hot June day that Mrs. Theodore Banks became smitten with the idea . Mrs. Banks often said afterwards she did not know how she came to be thinking about the Convention of the Arts and Crafts at all , although she is the Secretary . The idea was so compelling that Mrs. Banks rushed down town to tell Mr. Banks -- she felt she could not depend on the telephone . `` Ted , '' she cried , when she opened the door of the office , `` I have an idea ! ''