twelve o'clock
Mr. Gazebee was awestruck , and the face of the Lady Amelia became very dark . Was it not evident that this snake , when taken into their innermost bosoms that they might there warm him , was becoming an adder , and preparing to sting them ? There was very little more conversation that evening , and soon after the story of the cook , Crosbie got up and went away to his own home . John Eames had reached his office precisely at twelve o'clock , but when he did so he hardly knew whether he was standing on his heels or his head . The whole morning had been to him one of intense excitement , and latterly , to a certain extent , one of triumph . But he did not at all know what might be the results . Would he be taken before a magistrate and locked up ?