twelve o'clock
The panes glowed like plates of heated metal . The sky above was like a faded rose . He thought of his friend 's young fiery-coloured life , and wondered how it was all going to end . When he arrived home , about half-past twelve o'clock , he saw a telegram lying on the hall table . He opened it , and found it was from Dorian Gray . It was to tell him that he was engaged to be married to Sibyl Vane . `` Mother , mother , I am so happy ! ''