three o'clock
What shall _ you _ take ? '' Poor Sophia Jane had not many possessions to choose from . `` I shall take my skipping-rope , '' she said . Thus provided , they set forth at three o'clock with the grave Buskin in attendance . Susan jumped , and laughed , and chattered with pleasure , she was so glad to think that she was going on the sands at last , and Sophia Jane , though she never showed high spirits in the same manner , was in a cheerful and agreeable mood . Soon they came to the little cove . The sea was as she had expressed it , very far out indeed , and had left the great black rocks wet and shining , all ready to be played on .