about three o’clock
For her own part , she would sooner have had Mackinnon at her elbow ; but Mackinnon now had found some other elbow . `` Enough of that was as good as a feast , '' he had said to his wife . And therefore Mrs. Talboys , quite unconscious of evil , allowed herself to be engrossed by O'Brien . And then , about three o'clock , we returned to the hamper . Luncheon under such circumstances always means dinner , and we arranged ourselves for a very comfortable meal . To those who know the tomb of Cecilia Metella no description of the scene is necessary , and to those who do not no description will convey a fair idea of its reality . It is itself a large low tower of great diameter , but of beautiful proportion , standing far outside the city , close on to the side of the old Roman way .