three o'clock
` He said he 'd have the big dinner-bell rung when it was time for me to go in . I 'm going to walk to the town or the village , or whatever it is , with him . Good-bye , girls . It 's only three o'clock -- you can stay another half-hour , ' and off he ran . ` Let 's go down to the shore again , ' said Alie . ` Mamma said _ perhaps _ she 'd come out a little , and she 'd never see us up here . ' Bridget hung back a little .