three o'clock
They raged and dashed and rippled from curb to curb so that they might have made her think of a swift mountain torrent at the bottom of a gloomy canyon , but that the worthy woman was too literal-minded for such fancies . She only warned the man to drive slowly . And then by a street sign she saw that she was near the home of Philippe . It was three o'clock , and he would be resting from his work . The man found the number . The waves parted and piled themselves on either side in hushed wonder as she entered the hallway and searched for the name on the little cards under the bells . She had never known the surname , and on two of the cards `` Ph. '' appeared .