three o'clock
Maurice strode down the street , in a tumult of resentment , vowing never to return . Avery Hill was buried the following afternoon . Maurice went to the funeral , because , since he had seen the dead girl 's body at the mortuary , he had been invaded by a kind of pity for her , lying alone at the mercy of barber and LEICHENFRAU . And so , towards three o'clock , he fought his way against a cutting wind to the JOHANNISFRIEDHOF . A mere handful of people stood round the grave . In addition to the English chaplain , and a couple of diggers , there were present Dove , two Americans , and a young clerk from the consul 's office , who was happy to be associated , in any fashion , with the English residents . It was the coldest day of that winter .