three o'clock
`` I went down to the shipyard this morning and got two tomahawks . They are in my chamber , together with the feathers and war-paint and the other things . Come round early , Abe , '' said Tom as they parted . Again at three o'clock a great crowd filled the meetinghouse . The clouds had rolled away , and the setting sun was throwing its beams upon the gilded weather-vane when Roger Stanley entered the building . It was so full that he could only stand in one of the aisles . The moderator was reading letters from the selectmen of the surrounding towns , saying that they would stand by Boston in whatever might be done to prevent the landing of the tea .