three o'clock
Look at them mucky farmers they way they drains their land , ' said I , ` and look at us runnin ' hosses and layin ' our bets and let down , hosses and backers and all , for want of the courses bein ' looked after proper . ' '' He tapped the dottle out of his pipe , picked up the bundle , and rose grumbling . Then he led the way in the direction of Northbourne . It was a little after three o'clock now , and the day was sultry . Jones , despite his other troubles , was vastly interested in his companion . The height of Rochester 's position had never appeared truly till shown him by the farmer and this tramp . They knew him .