three
o'clock
Then , one night , tragedy came to the little house of mercy . Harvey proceeded to put his plan into effect at once , with the simple method of an essentially simple nature . The thing had become intolerable ; therefore it must end . On the afternoon following his talk with Belle he came home at three o'clock . Belle heard him moving about in his room , and when she entered it , after he had gone , she found that he had shaved and put on his best suit . She smiled a little . It was like Harvey to be literal .