three o'clock
He drank his soup , and pushed the tray-table away , lying very quiet until they had removed lunch and left him alone ; but every now and then his eyes twinkled . Coming down ! His heart beat fast , and then did not seem to beat at all . At three o'clock he got up and dressed deliberately , noiselessly . Holly and Mam ` zelle would be in the schoolroom , and the servants asleep after their dinner , he should n't wonder . He opened his door cautiously , and went downstairs . In the hall the dog Balthasar lay solitary , and , followed by him , old Jolyon passed into his study and out into the burning afternoon .