three o'clock
`` I suppose so , '' said he gloomily . I have visited the popular and almost historic Fassifern farm a great many times in my short career , but for the life of me I can not understand what attraction it possesses that could induce people to go there for luncheon and then spend a whole afternoon lolling about the place . But that seems to have been precisely what the Countess and his lordship did on the day of my arrival at the Homestead . The `` other chap , '' Skerry , came riding home alone at three o'clock . She did not return until nearly six . By that time I was in a state of suppressed fury that almost drove me to the railway station with a single and you might say childish object in view . I had a pleasant visit with Mrs. Titus , who seemed overjoyed to see me .