twelve o'clock
Mrs. Redburn could not taste the biscuit , but Katy ate heartily . Her pride was not inflated by the remembrance of brighter days . All she had was inherited from her mother . After breakfast she put on her bonnet and left the house , assuring her mother she should be back by twelve o'clock . She would not tell her where she was going , but evaded her questions , and got away as soon as she could . As she passed down Washington Street , she stopped before the store of Sands & Co. , for she wanted to see Master Simon Sneed . She did not like to enter the store ; so she waited on the sidewalk for half an hour , hoping he would come out .