three in the afternoon
It is not safe outside . But where to go ? To Glencoe ? It is three in the afternoon , and Jackson explains that , with the load , they would not reach there until midnight , if at all . To Kirkwood or Webster ? Yes ; many of the first families live there , and would take them in for the night . Equipages of all sorts are passing , -- private carriages and public , and corner-stand hacks .