about three o'clock
he asked her . `` I do n't think she has come in , sir . '' `` Not come in ? '' `` No , sir , she went out about three o'clock . I do n't think she 's come back , sir . '' She 's running it pretty close , he thought as he looked at his watch -- then he went slowly up to dress . He had been more irritated by the superiorities of young Percival Galleon than he had cared to confess .