three o'clock
Mary confessed to March , with a flicker of ironic amusement , that she had supported this lighter view so successfully that , a little before noon , Rush had confided to her his wish -- if she were perfectly sure she did n't need him -- to take the one o'clock train to Lake Geneva . He and Graham were still expected there for the week-end and on a good many accounts it would be well if he did n't fail them . He dreaded going , of course , but he felt he could meet the situation better on the ground whatever turned up . He could wait for the three o'clock train , but this was the one Mr. Stannard always took and he 'd like to get in a talk with Sylvia first . She was a great pal of her brother 's and might well have some real information about He 'd have Pete 's wife come in and look after Mary -- get lunch and so on . And father would be down about two . March thought the forlorn smile with which she told him this the most heart-breaking thing he had ever seen .