three o'clock
`` The place , '' gasped Mr. Maydig , `` wo n't be the same place to-morrow . How surprised and thankful everyone will be ! '' And just at that moment the church clock struck three . `` I say , '' said Mr. Fotheringay , `` that 's three o'clock ! I must be getting back . I 've got to be at business by eight . And besides , Mrs. Wimms -- '' `` We 're only beginning , '' said Mr. Maydig , full of the sweetness of unlimited power .