nearly three o'clock
`` I 'm going fishing . '' I took the books out and slammed the door as hard as it would slam . The day after we went fishing , and got fourteen trout , I had early breakfast and rode Little Nell over to Harrisbridge and played pool with Nate Golden , whose dad has the livery stable , all morning . We had dinner at the inn , and when I got back it was nearly three o'clock . Tommy , the stable boy , told me as I rode in that Twigg had left word he wanted to see me when I got back . Well , I did n't want to see him . So I went in the kitchen way and up the back stairs to my room .