three o'clock
For all his extreme youth , he was an agreeable companion ; and so it came about that Pollyooly , who had meant to return to the house at three o'clock , was detained by Edward and the sea till half-past four . She was not loth to be detained ; she was indeed pleased to be giving the duchess her full measure of hours , and the lawyer and detective a really good run for their money . But as a matter of fact they did no running at all that afternoon . At three o'clock the replete detective returned with the lunch of the raging lawyer . From half-past three till four they prowled gently about the wood ; at four they returned to the garden and sat on a bench in the garden , confident that their quarry must very soon return for food . At four o'clock a flaming Eglantine came out of the house and accused them furiously of having murdered Lady Marion Ricksborough in the wood . It took them nearly twenty minutes to persuade her that they had not .