three o'clock
It 's an affair of the clan . The Dillons and their friends have a right to attend . So you must be prepared for hodcarriers as well as aristocrats . '' At three o'clock the house and the garden were thrown open to the stream of guests . Arthur gazed in wonder . First came old men and women of all conditions , laborers , servants , small shopkeepers , who had known his father and been neighbors and clients for years . Dressed in their best , and joyful over his return to life and home and friends , they wrung his hands , wept over him , and blessed him until their warm delight and sincerity nearly overcame him , who had never known the deep love of the humble for the head of the clan .