three o'clock
The wind made hard , thudding noises as if it pounded invisible bodies in the air . It screamed high above the drumming and hissing of the rain . It excited the children . From three o'clock till tea-time the sponge fight stormed up and down the passages . The house was filled with the sound of thudding feet and shrill laughter . Adeline lay on the sofa in the library . Eliot was with her there .