three o’clock
After a time Hedwig went away , and the Crown Prince took off his riding-clothes . He ate a very small luncheon , swallowing mostly a glass of milk and a lump in his throat . And afterward he worked at the frame , for an hour , shading the hearts carefully . At three o'clock he went for his drive . There were two variations to the daily drive : One day they went up the river -- almost as far as the monastery ; the next day they went through the park . There was always an excitement about the park drive , because the people who spied the gold-wheeled carriage always came as close as possible , to see if it was really the Crown Prince . And when , as sometimes happened , it was only Hedwig , or Hilda , and Ferdinand William Otto had been kept at home by a cold , they always looked disappointed .