three o'clock in the afternoon
At last dawn came , the good woman rose , her heart still terribly oppressed . Germaine calmed her as best she could with reassuring words and also with a foaming bowl of hot coffee . All morning Mother Etienne endured torments . It was three o'clock in the afternoon when suddenly the sound of a heavy carriage drawn by four horses was heard in the courtyard . Labric barked with all his might , Coco whinnied loudly , the three cows all mooed at the same time , and the entire poultry-yard in an uproar added its piercing and varied tones to the general tumult . The pigs especially made a great noise . It was the American 's four-in-hand .