three o'clock
A very different person takes her seat to-day , Jess . Father left a note for Mr. Loomis at the hotel and he accepted . Now you see why I do n't want Major Burleigh . '' It was then long after three o'clock . At five they were to start and Jessie could hardly curb her impatience . The mail from Frayne , so said Folsom , would arrive that evening , and then surely there would be news of Marshall . They had slipped away to their rooms after the bountiful luncheon served on their return , in order , as `` Pappoose '' expressed it , that the gentlemen might have their cigars in peace .