three o'clock in the afternoon
It will do no harm , however , to tell you that I am going to Richmond the day after Christmas . '' `` To Richmond ! What are you going to Richmond for ? '' `` I want , '' replied the other , with restrained passion , -- `` I want to ride from Shockoe Hill at three o'clock in the afternoon , with my face to Roselands , and in my heart the knowledge that I have been foiled and thwarted in deep-laid and cherished schemes by the one whom , for no especially good reason , I have singled out of the world to be my enemy ! I want to feel the black rage of the Rands in my heart . I want to sleep , the third night , at the Cross Roads Tavern , and I want to go on in the morning by Malplaquet I want to learn at Forrest 's forge that Ludwell Cary is on the road before me . Perhaps , by the time I reach the mill and cross the ford , I will remember what it was that I did next , and how I managed to be on two roads at once . ''