three o'clock
They have n't got a regular bank here in Ridgeville , but I 've been to the one in Darley . I went in with Tom when he wanted to draw the cash on a cotton check . Talk about hard work -- I 'll swear I could n't see it . Me 'n' Tom had been up fully three hours knockin ' about the streets tryin ' to kill the best part o ' the day before that shebang opened up for business , an ' _ then _ somebody said they shet up at three o'clock an ' went home to take a nap or whiz about in their automobiles . The whole thing 's bothered me a sight , for I _ do _ like to understand things . How _ could _ a checker-playin ' business like that tire anybody ? '' `` It 's head-work , '' Mostyn obligingly explained , as he followed John into the buggy and sat beside him .