three o'clock
Ben Hartright looked about the room in wild amazement . He drew out his watch , scanned its face eagerly . `` By ginger ! '' he exclaimed , `` it 's past three o'clock . Wonder where is Emily ? This is indeed something unusual . '' Thinking perhaps that his child might have taken ill during the night and that his wife had remained in the nurse 's room with it , he crossed the hall and rapped upon the door ; a second rap brought the nurse to the door rubbing her eyes .