three o'clock in the afternoon
He pushed his inquiries further . Had any of the passengers entered their names within a short time of the vessel 's sailing ? One of the other clerks looked up from his desk as Robert asked this question . Yes , he said ; he remembered a young man 's coming into the office at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon , and paying his passage money . His name was the last on the list -- Thomas Brown . Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders . There could have been no possible reason for George 's taking a feigned name .