three o'clock
Mr father urged me sair , But my mither didna speak , Though she looked into my face , Till my heart was like to break . -- Auld Robin Gray . `` It is rather singular , '' said Lady Westborough to her daughter as they sat alone one afternoon in the music-room at Westborough Park , -- `` it is rather singular that Lord Ulswater should not have come yet . He said he should certainly be here before three o'clock . '' `` You know , Mamma , that he has some military duties to detain him at W -- , '' answered Lady Flora , bending over a drawing in which she appeared to be earnestly engaged . `` True , my dear , and it was very kind in Lord -- to quarter the troop he commands in his native county ; and very fortunate that W -- , being his head-quarters , should also be so near us . But I can not conceive that any duty can be sufficiently strong to detain him from you , '' added Lady Westborough , who had been accustomed all her life to a devotion unparalleled in this age .