twelve o'clock
`` When did he first know of it ? '' `` To-day , I believe . '' `` Ah , thank you ; '' and he followed Pigott upstairs . That night , exactly at twelve o'clock , another little lamp floated out on the waters of life : Angela was born . When the doctor had gone upstairs , Philip went into the dining-room to eat something , only to find that food was repugnant to him ; he could scarcely swallow a mouthful . To some extent , however , he supplied its place by wine , of which he drank several glasses . Then , drawn by a strange fascination , he went back into the little study , and , remembering the will , bethought himself that it might be as well to secure it .