three o'clock in the afternoon
` Come to-morrow rather earlier , straight into the garden . After dinner papa is asleep ; no one will interfere with us . ' I pressed her hand without a word , and we parted . Next day , at three o'clock in the afternoon , I was in Ivan Semyonitch 's garden . In the morning I had not seen Kolosov , though he had come to see me . It was a grey autumn day , but soft and warm . Delicate yellow blades of grass nodded over the blanching turf ; the nimble tomtits were hopping about the bare dark-brown twigs ; some belated larks were hurriedly running about the paths ; a hare was creeping cautiously about among the greens ; a herd of cattle wandered lazily over the stubble .