three o'clock
If anybody can sail the old bark to shore , you can do it , Minnie . You 've been steering it for years . The old doctor was no navigator , and you and I know it . '' It was blowing a blizzard by that time , and Miss Patty was the only one who came out to the spring-house until after three o'clock . She shook the snow off her furs and stood by the fire , looking at me and not saying anything for fully a minute . `` Well , '' she said finally , `` are n't you ashamed of yourself ? '' `` Why ? ''