twelve o'clock
`` If you had n't grinned , I 'd have kissed you . '' Lewis went to the Ruttle-Marter ball determined to be gay . He searched for Vi , but did not find her . By twelve o'clock he had to admit that he was more than bored , and said so to a neighbor . `` That 's impossible , '' said the neighbor , yawning . `` Boredom is an ultimate . There 's nothing beyond it ; consequently , you ca n't be more than bored . ''