three o'clock
`` Oh , we must run in , Digby , or they will be sending to look for us , '' exclaimed Kate . `` Here , we will put young Master Blackamoor away under the table . Nobody will be strolling this way , I hope ; and , as soon as our afternoon lessons are over , we 'll come back and finish him , and get John Pratt to carry him to Mile-End for us . '' Telling John Pratt to meet them again at three o'clock , they hurried back to the Hall . Kate tried to look as grave as possible all dinner-time , but whenever hers and Digby 's eyes met , from their ill-repressed twinkle their mother saw that there was some amusing secret between them . There were some guests taking luncheon at the hall . Among them was Mr Bowdler , the newly-appointed vicar of the parish .