three o'clock
We just caught our train , seeing one or two faces of comrades we knew , and in an hour were in Köln . `` The Tower of Babel , '' and Raff 's Fifth Symphonie , that called `` Lenore , '' were the subjects we had been summoned to practice . They , together with Beethoven 's `` Choral Fantasia '' and some solos were to come off on the third evening of the fest . The probe lasted a long time ; it was three o'clock when we left the concert-hall , after five hours ' hard work . `` Come along , Eugen , '' cried I , `` we have just time to catch the three-ten , but only just . '' `` Do n't wait for me , '' he answered , with an absent look . `` I do n't think I shall come by it .