three o'clock
I might have known better . ' And with that -- all the brightness of the day forgotten now -- I hurried out , bound for Howard Street and Mrs. Pelly 's house . But Mrs. Pelly had no idea as to her daughter 's whereabouts . It seemed Fanny had left her before three o'clock , intending to go home . Then began a search of the kind which had become only too familiar with me of late . I suppose I must have entered upon scores of such dismal quests since my marriage . First , I visited some twenty or thirty different ` gin-mills . '