three o'clock
`` But , Dolly , you did not come all the way from Colchester ? '' said Cissy . `` Ay , I did so , my dear , in the miller 's cart , and I 'm journeying back in the same . I covenanted to meet him down at the end of yonder lane at three o'clock , and methinks I had best be on my way . '' `` Ay , you have no time to lose , '' responded Sister Joan . Dorothy found Mr Ewring waiting for her at the end of the lane . `` Have you had to eat , Dorothy ? ''