three o’clock
Swaddlers ! '' _ thinking that we were Protestants because Mahony , who was dark-complexioned , wore the silver badge of a cricket club in his cap . When we came to the Smoothing Iron we arranged a siege ; but it was a failure because you must have at least three . We revenged ourselves on Leo Dillon by saying what a funk he was and guessing how many he would get at three o'clock from Mr Ryan . We came then near the river . We spent a long time walking about the noisy streets flanked by high stone walls , watching the working of cranes and engines and often being shouted at for our immobility by the drivers of groaning carts . It was noon when we reached the quays and , as all the labourers seemed to be eating their lunches , we bought two big currant buns and sat down to eat them on some metal piping beside the river .