three o'clock
`` Well , anyway -- if you _ do n't _ hunt , it must be dull . _ And _ lonely ! Are n't you scared to death walking along dark lanes without a single lamppost ? I should live in terror of tramps and burglars , and never dare to stir out of the house after three o'clock . '' `` No you would n't , if you were accustomed to it . Our maids come home quite happily at ten o'clock at night , but if they go to a city they are nervous in the brightly lit streets . That 's curious , but it 's true .