three o'clock
However , we got on first-rate without him , and had a splendid time . There was never a woman who knew just how to make boys have a good time , like my mother . I had been a long while on the steamer waiting for Rectus . She was to sail at three o'clock , and it was then after two . The day was clear and fine , but so much sitting and standing about had made me cold , so that I was very glad to see a carriage drive up with Rectus and his father and mother . I went down to them . I was anxious to see Rectus , for it had been nearly a year since we had met .