about three in the afternoon
Turner had a considerable household , some half-dozen at the least . That is as much as I have been able to gather about the families . Now for the facts . `` On June 3rd , that is , on Monday last , McCarthy left his house at Hatherley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the Boscombe Pool , which is a small lake formed by the spreading out of the stream which runs down the Boscombe Valley . He had been out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross , and he had told the man that he must hurry , as he had an appointment of importance to keep at three . From that appointment he never came back alive . `` From Hatherley Farmhouse to the Boscombe Pool is a quarter of a mile , and two people saw him as he passed over this ground .