3 o'clock
We can all drive over to the Capitol in my carriage . '' The planter hesitated , then replied : `` All right . I 'll be over , but it must n't be a very long luncheon . '' `` Gone to eat ; back by 3 o'clock , '' he scratched quickly on a pad on the secretary 's desk , and departed . Mrs. Spangler 's luncheons were equally as popular in Washington as Senator Langdon 's dinners . The Mississippian and his daughters enjoyed the delicacies spread lavishly before them . Time passed quickly .