about three o'clock
Do not let us individualize too much ; we are only a piece of the whole , to which we hang by a thousand unknown threads . Let us not either be too arrogant in our bearing toward our fellow-men , in whose company we are the involuntary puppets of unknown laws of development which are leading humanity on to a given epoch . '' This conversation had taken Wilhelm 's mind off his misfortune , and he had almost forgotten his adventure with Pechlar . He was reminded of it , however , on reaching home about three o'clock , by finding Paul , who always came to see him at that hour . `` What 's the news ? '' cried he , coming cheerfully to meet him . `` I went to-day to see Fraulein Ellrich , to set things right between us . ''