three in the afternoon
`` Nobody have n't no right to pass through ` em at this hour , except the clergy theirselves , '' grumbled the porter . `` We shall have them boys a-playing in ` em at dark , next . '' `` You should close them earlier , if you want to keep them empty , '' returned Hamish . `` Why do n't you close them at three in the afternoon ? '' The porter growled . He knew that he did not dare to close them before dusk , almost dark , and he knew that Hamish knew it too ; and therefore he looked upon the remark as a quiet bit of sarcasm . `` I wish the dean ` ud give me leave to shut them boys out of ` em , '' he exclaimed .