nearly three o'clock
`` I must be off , '' she said . `` To-day every minute is precious . That wretched PROBE spoils the morning , and directly it is over , I have to rush to an organ-lesson -- that 's why I 'm here . For I ca n't expect a PENSION to keep dinner hot for me till nearly three o'clock -- can I ? Morning rehearsals are a mistake . What ? -- you were there , too ?