three o’clock
In fact , however , at the last moment , his eloquence took another turn . It was the custom of the orchestra at the Kursaal to play in the afternoon , and as the music was often good , a great many people assembled under the trees , at three o'clock , to listen to it . This was not , as a regular thing , an hour of re-union for the little group in which we are especially interested ; Miss Vivian , in particular , unless an excursion of some sort had been agreed upon the day before , was usually not to be seen in the precincts of the Conversation-house until the evening . Bernard , one afternoon , at three o'clock , directed his steps to this small world-centre of Baden , and , passing along the terrace , soon encountered little Blanche Evers strolling there under a pink parasol and accompanied by Captain Lovelock . This young lady was always extremely sociable ; it was quite in accordance with her habitual geniality that she should stop and say how d' ye do to our hero . `` Mr. Longueville is growing very frivolous , '' she said , `` coming to the Kursaal at all sorts of hours . '' `` There is nothing frivolous in coming here with the hope of finding you , '' the young man answered .