three o'clock
`` Colonel Pendleton should have added that they were to remain here overnight as my guests , '' she said composedly . `` And of course we shall be back in time for dinner . But that is nothing to you . You have only to be ready at three o'clock . I will see that the horses are ordered . I often ride here , and the people know my tastes and habits . We will have a pleasant ride and a good long talk together , and I 'll show you a ruin and a distant view of the villa where I have been staying . ''