three o'clock
Then he went into Uig and told the minister , and said simply to his mates , `` My father is dead . '' And they answered : `` It is a happy change for him , David . Is it to-morrow afternoon you would like us to come ? '' And David said : `` Yes ; at three o'clock the minister will be there . '' He declined all companionship ; he could wake alone with the dead . For the most part he sat on the door-step and watched the rising and setting of the constellations , or walked to and fro before the open door , ever awfully aware of that outstretched form , the house of clay in which his father and companion had dwelt so many years at his side . Sometimes he slept a little with his head against the post of the door , and then the sudden waking in the starlight made him tremble .