three o'clock in the
afternoon
Trix crumbled her bread , still smiling at the recollection . `` Well , the lecture was held in a biggish room , and there were a lot of odd people present . But the oddest of all was the lecturer . She wore a kind of purple velvet tea-gown , though it was only three o'clock in the afternoon . She talked for a long time about vibrations , and things that bored me awfully , and people kept interrupting with questions . One man interrupted particularly often . He kept saying , ` Excuse me , but am I right in thinking -- ' And then he would give a little lecture on his own account , and look around for the approval of the audience .