three o’clock
`` Do you think he will come ? '' `` Yes , sir ; if he has to hobble on two sticks . '' `` At what time do you look for him ? '' `` _ You _ will look for him as early as three o'clock . I shall be among the mountains , ruefully eying my broken-down team . '' And leisurely donning his hat he strolled away down the street like one who has the whole day on his hands and does not know what to do with it . An opportunity being thus given for Mrs. Belden 's story , she at once composed herself to the task , with the following result .