3 o’clock
The note , which was only two lines , was open and extended in her hands . It was from no idle curiosity , but it was impossible for Tancred not to read it . He had one of those eagle visions that nothing could escape , and , himself extremely alarmed , it was the first object at which he unconsciously glanced in his agitation to discover the cause and the remedy for this crisis . The note ran thus : _ ` 3 o'clock . ' The Narrow Gauge has won . We are utterly done ; and Snicks tells me you bought five hundred more yesterday , at ten . Is it possible ?