three o'clock
Though Medenham was no turf devotee , he formed distinctly unfavorable conclusions as to the financial stability of the bawling bookmakers near at hand . `` If you wish to do any betting , Miss Vanrenen , '' he said , `` give me the money and I will invest it for you . There is no hurry . The Derby will not be run till three o'clock . We have an hour and a half in which to study form . '' For the life of him he could not imitate the complete annihilation of self practiced by the well-bred English servant . The American girl missed the absence of this trait far less than the other woman , but , by this time , even Mrs. Devar began to accept Medenham 's good-humored assumption of equality as part of the day 's amusement .