three o'clock
Lord Wetherby drained the whisky-and-soda which Dudley Pickering had left behind him , and seemed to draw strength from it , for he now struck a firmer note . ` But , though expressing regret for my momentary loss of self-control , I can not recede from the position I have taken up as regards the essential unfitness of Clarence 's presence in the home . ' Lady Wetherby looked despairingly at Claire . ` The very first words I heard Algie speak , Claire , were at Newmarket during the three o'clock race one May afternoon . He was hanging over the rail , yelling like an Indian , and what he was yelling was , `` Come on , you blighter , come on ! By the living jingo , Brickbat wins in a walk ! '' And now he 's talking about receding from essential positions !