twelve o'clock
`` Yesterday and the day before Eve was away by herself all the afternoon . Of course she can get on all right with her French . She takes to Paris as if she 'd lived here for years . '' On the day after , Hilliard received a postcard in which Eve asked him to be in a certain room of the Louvre at twelve o'clock . He kept the appointment , and found Eve awaiting him alone . `` I wanted to ask whether you would mind if we left the hotel and went to live at another place ? '' He heard her with surprise .