twelve o'clock
`` Is he come in ? '' she asked ; `` because there are more bailiffs after him . I 'm sure of it ; I saw them . '' This , then , might account for his keeping out of the way till after twelve o'clock , and also for his wild , haggard look . Hilary put aside her vague dread of some new misfortune ; assured Elizabeth that all was right ; he had got wherewithal to pay every body on Monday morning , and would be safe till then . All debtors were safe on Sunday . `` Go to bed now -- there 's a good girl ; it is hard that you should be troubled with our troubles . ''