three o'clock
It was a brooding , heavy morning , with half a gale of wind blowing from the south-west , but it had not rained , and I was out with the Wonder when Challis arrived . He waited for me and talked to the flattered Mrs. Berridge , remonstrated kindly with her husband for his neglect of the farm , and incidentally gave him a rebate on the rent . When I came in , he insisted that I should come to lunch with him at Challis Court . I consented , but stipulated that I must be back at Pym by three o'clock to accompany the Wonder for his afternoon walk . Challis looked at me curiously , but allowed the stipulation . We hardly spoke as we walked down the hill -- the habit of silence had grown upon me , but after lunch Challis spoke out his mind . On that occasion I hardly listened to him , but he came up to the farm again after tea and marched me off to dinner at the Court .