three o’clock
Then he came to the Doctor , shaking his head . `` I smell no snuff as yet , '' he said . `` We must wait till the wind changes to the East . '' But even when the East wind came , at three o'clock that afternoon , the dog could not catch the smell of snuff . The little boy was terribly disappointed and began to cry again , saying that no one seemed to be able to find his uncle for him . But all Jip said to the Doctor was , `` Tell him that when the wind changes to the West , I 'll find his uncle even though he be in China -- so long as he is still taking Black Rappee snuff . '' Three days they had to wait before the West wind came .