three in the afternoon
`` Come into the office , '' he said ; `` come in . '' `` Mr. Cowan , '' said Mrs. French , `` there is a poor Galician woman and her children outside the door , the wife and children of the man who was condemned yesterday . The Judge told them they could see the prisoner to-day . '' `` The hour for visitors , '' said Mr. Cowan , `` is three in the afternoon . '' `` Could you not let her in now ? She has already waited for hours at the door this morning , and on being refused went home broken-hearted . She does not understand our ways and is very timid .