about three o'clock
`` No -- was there one ? '' Miss Leatherland bowed her head and drew her chair nearer . `` This afternoon I went up to call on Mrs. Macgregor , and yesterday , it seems , she had business with Mr. Potter , of the Fair Harbor Paper Company , and was in his office waiting for him to come in . It was about three o'clock , she said . Mr. Potter 's office is next to the president 's , and the door was just ajar . Mrs. Macgregor has very sharp ears , and she happened to be sitting close to the door , so could n't help hearing . She says Mr. Randolph called up the Home -- she knew the number , she uses it so much -- and asked for Miss Sterling .