three o'clock
I exclaimed . `` Do you know what o'clock it is , Pat ? '' `` Oh yis , miss ! '' said Pat ; `` it 's three o'clock , an ' the sun low , but niver fear ; I 'll walk behind ye ivery step o ' the way , an ' if as much as a hare winks at ye , he 'll rue the day . Mrs. Beatty would ha ' come over here to spake to ye , only for fear o ' hersel ' at the farm , '' said Pat , jerking his thumb in the direction of the house . `` God keep sorrow from her door ; but I 'm feared there 's throuble in the wind ! '' I did not quite understand whether the threatened trouble was for Mrs. Beatty or Mrs. Hollingford .