three o'clock
And I answered , ` No , ' and I hoped he had n't heard , and I pulled the cape up higher around my face , I was so ashamed . But he had heard , for he whistled ; and oh , girls , that made my head sink lower yet . Oh my dears , the shame of wrong-doing is so terrible to bear ! `` Well , after a while we got into Cherryfield , along about half-past three o'clock . '' `` Oh dear ! '' exclaimed the young voices . `` I could just distinguish our church spire amid the whirling snow ; and then a panic seized me .