three o’clock
Was poverty going to blight their spring with its chill breath ? At breakfast , on the following day , they ate only fruit . The doctor was very silent during the morning , a prey to a visible struggle . And it was not until three o'clock that he took a resolution . `` Come , we must stir ourselves , '' he said to his companion . `` I do not wish you to fast this evening again ; so put on your hat , we will go out together . '' She looked at him , waiting for an explanation .