twelve o'clock
`` She is at the cottage . You could have seen her , '' said Willoughby . Evidently she had not . `` Is it untrue that last night , between twelve o'clock and one , in the drawing-room , you proposed marriage to Miss Dale ? '' He became convinced that she must have stolen down-stairs during his colloquy with Laetitia , and listened at the door . `` On behalf of old Vernon ? '' he said , lightly laughing .