three o'clock
The military seldom patronized it , because it was not showy enough . Merrihew enjoyed the scene , with its jabber-jabber and its clatter-clatter . And he was still hungry when he left , but he would not admit it to Hillard , who adapted himself to the over-abundance of oil with all the zest of an expatriated Tuscan . At three o'clock they went to the fencing academy of Foresti Paoli , near the post-office . Foresti was a fine example of the military Italian of former days . He was past sixty , but was as agile as any of his celebrated pupils . As Hillard had written him the night before , he was expected .