three o’clock
`` Take them all with you . You may tell them why when you are out . I must have the house quiet . I shall get Margaret out into the shade , and prepare her , as best I can , before he comes at three o'clock . '' It was not flattering to be thus cleared out of the way , especially when full of excited curiosity , but any such sensation was quite overborne by sympathy in his great anxiety , and Ethel 's only question was , `` Had not Flora better stay to keep off company ? '' `` No , no , '' said Dr. May impatiently , `` the fewer the better ; '' and hastily passing her , he dashed up to his room , nearly running over the nursery procession , and , in a very few seconds , was seated at table , eating and speaking by snatches , and swallowing endless draughts of cold water . `` You are going to Cocksmoor ! ''