half past three
`` How long will the coast be clear ? '' `` Until nine o'clock , I think . They go to church in the evening . '' `` It 's half past three now , '' he observed , glancing at his watch . `` I had fried salt pork , fried eggs , and fried potatoes for breakfast . I 've renounced coffee , for I ca n't seem to get used to theirs . For dinner , we had round steak , fried , more fried potatoes , and boiled onions .