three o'clock in the afternoon
`` That was on the Friday , the holiday ? '' Lichtenstein asked . `` Yes ; on holy Friday . At three o'clock in the afternoon , George von Fronsberg , with many other of the principal officers , rode to the city gate of the castle ; and hailed the besieged , inquiring whether they were building a fortification . I was standing among them ; and saw Stadion come on the wall , and answer , ` No , that were against the terms of the truce ; but I see , ' he added , ` you are erecting a fort in the field . ' George von Fronsberg cried , ` If it is so , it is without my orders . Who are you ? '