three o'clock
A square boxed , dark green wagon , drawn by a sorrel horse , sometimes called by the genuine Yankee `` yellow , '' and driven by a white-haired man , whose silvery locks , falling around his wrinkled face , gave to him a pleasing , patriarchal appearance , which interested the doctor far more than did the flutter of the blue ribbon beside him , even though the bonnet that ribbon tied shaded the face of a young girl . The note was from her , and , tearing it open , the doctor read , in the prettiest of all pretty , girlish handwriting : `` Dr. Holbrook . '' Here it was plainly visible that a `` D '' had been written as if she would have said `` Dear . '' Then , evidently changing her mind , she had with her finger blotted out the `` D , '' and made it into an oddly shaped `` S , '' so that it read simply : `` Dr. Holbrook -- Sir : Will you be at leisure to examine me on Monday afternoon , at three o'clock ? `` MADELINE A. CLYDE . `` P. S. -- For particular reasons I hope you can attend to me as early as Monday . M. A. C. '' Dr. Holbrook knew very little of girls , but he thought this note , with its P. S. , decidedly girlish .