three o'clock in the afternoon
`` I thought I was talking to my True Love . '' `` I 'm sorry you were n't , '' said Sarah Brown , as they emerged from the Forest . `` I mean , I 'm sorry it was only me you were talking to . '' `` What a very singular thing , '' said the Mayor , meeting the witch towards three o'clock in the afternoon , as she came down the Broad Walk towards Kensington , having slept invisibly among the daffodils for nearly twelve hours . `` A really very singular thing . ` Tis n't once in five years I visit these parts , and now I 'm here I meet the very person I was thinkin ' about . '' He winked .