about half past three o'clock
Next she strove to repress the wild throbbings of her heart , and to assume a calm exterior . Vain efforts ! She was too weak for the trial ; and who can wonder that she was ? Mr. Johnson was sitting in his store about half past three o'clock that afternoon , when a man came in and asked him for the payment of a note of five thousand dollars . He was a Notary . `` A protest ! '' exclaimed Mr. Johnson , in astonishment .