about three o'clock
`` Um-hm . Well , she was here , though Comfort did n't know it . I took pains she should n't . Matildy come about three o'clock , in the buggy , along with Nellie . Nellie was doin ' the drivin ' , of course , and her mother was tellin ' her how , as usual . I do n't wonder that girl is such a meek , soft-spoken kind of thing . Between her pa 's bullyin ' and her ma 's tongue , it 's a wonder she 's got any spirit left .