twelve o'clock
`` I do n't suppose I shall , Nupper , '' said the attorney from his chair . It was the first word he had spoken since he had put down young Botsey . `` It would n't just suit me ; but a man has to judge of those things for himself . '' Then there was a general rejoicing , and Mr. Runciman stood broiled bones , and ham and eggs , and bottled stout for the entire club ; one unfortunate effect of which unwonted conviviality was that Mr. Masters did not get home till near twelve o'clock . That was sure to cause discomfort ; and then he had pledged himself to decline Goarly 's business . We will now go back to Hoppet Hall and its inhabitants . When the old squire died he left by his will Hoppet Hall and certain other houses in Dillsborough , which was all that he could leave , to his grandson Reginald Morton .