three o'clock
in the afternoon
Oh , Mr Moffat ! poor Mr Moffat ! go not out into the fashionable world to-day ; above all , go not to that club of thine in Pall Mall ; but , oh ! especially go not there , as is thy wont to do , at three o'clock in the afternoon ! With much care did those two young generals lay their plans of attack . Let it not for a moment be thought that it was ever in the minds of either of them that two men should attack one . But it was thought that Mr Moffat might be rather coy in coming out from his seclusion to meet the proffered hand of his once intended brother-in-law when he should see that hand armed with a heavy whip .