three o’clock
How long is the circus to be here ? '' `` We never know ; it depends on the receipts -- may go to-morrow . Oh , there -- '' She hurried on without another word , and Dolores slowly returned to Miss Vincent 's lodgings . Her lecture was to be given at three o'clock , but she knew that she should have to be shown the school and class-rooms in the forenoon . Gerald , as she calculated the trains , might arrive either by half-past twelve or a quarter past four . Nervously she endured her survey of the school , replying to the comments as if in a dream , and hurrying it over , so as must have vexed those who expected her to be interested . She dashed off to the station , and reached it just in time to see the train come in .