three o'clock
He glanced at her , looked away , rapped a fork on the table cloth . `` It takes two to make a marriage , mother . '' He closed up after that , but she had learned what she wanted . At three o'clock that afternoon the Sayre limousine stopped in front of Nina 's house , and Mrs. Sayre , in brilliant pink and a purple hat , got out . Leslie , lounging in a window , made the announcement . `` Here 's the Queen of Sheba , '' he said . `` I 'll go upstairs and have a headache , if you do n't mind . ''