About three o'clock in the afternoon
`` He choked me pretty hard , though , and my throat feels funny yet . '' The boy having finished his story , Mr. Winters took it up where he left off , and told the doctor how Frank had rescued him from the robber , and how hard he had worked to effect his capture , and all who heard it declared that he was a hero . Frank passed the next day in making up for the sleep he had lost the night before . About three o'clock in the afternoon he arose refreshed , and visited his uncle , whom he found fast asleep . Now that Archie was gone , the old house was quiet and lonesome -- too much so , indeed , to suit Frank , who , after trying in vain to find some way to amuse himself until supper time , saddled Roderick , and set out for a short gallop over the prairie . As he was about to mount his horse , Marmion came out of the court , and frisked about his master as lively as ever , apparently none the worse for the ugly-looking wounds he had received during his encounter with the robber . `` Go home , sir , '' said Frank .