three o'clock in the afternoon
B'EN ! We shall see that he is a friendly Windigo . Every minute all the night he shall wink , just for kindness and good luck to all the world , till the daylight . '' On the ninth of November , at three o'clock in the afternoon , Baptiste went into the tower to see that the clockwork was in order for the night . He set the dial on the machine , put a few drops of oil on the bearings of the cylinder , and started to wind up the weight . It rose a few inches , gave a dull click , and then stopped dead . He tugged a little harder , but it would not move .