three o'clock
`` We had better start early , Seth , '' said he ; `` say at daybreak . '' ' `` What for , Rube ? '' I said ; `` the Cap said we were to go in after dusk . It 's only thirty miles ; we sha n't want to start till three o'clock . '' ` Rube laughed . `` I do n't want to get there before dusk , but I want to start at daybreak , and I 'll tell you why . You remember Pepita ? '' '