about three in the afternoon
But I hope you had enough provisions with you ? '' `` Indeed we were out all night . We staid by the ranger 's fire till midnight , and then tried to find our way down , but we gave it up soon after we had got out of the forest , and then waited under a large chestnut tree till four or five this morning . As for food , we had not so much as a mouthful from about three in the afternoon till we got to our inn early this morning . '' `` Oh , you poor , poor people ! how tired you must be . '' `` No ; we made a good breakfast as soon as we got in , and then went to bed , where we staid till it was time for us to come to your house . ''