about three in the afternoon
Year and day -- and without baggage . It was of a piece with the general simplicity of the country . The sun was now setting . It was about three in the afternoon when Alisande had begun to tell me who the cowboys were ; so she had made pretty good progress with it -- for her . She would arrive some time or other , no doubt , but she was not a person who could be hurried . We were approaching a castle which stood on high ground ; a huge , strong , venerable structure , whose gray towers and battlements were charmingly draped with ivy , and whose whole majestic mass was drenched with splendors flung from the sinking sun . It was the largest castle we had seen , and so I thought it might be the one we were after , but Sandy said no .