twelve o'clock
For one hour Anne sat with her head held high and her fair little face flushed and burning . But she did not cry . And Tommy , bowed to the ground by his sense of guilt in the matter , did not dare to look at the patient , suffering martyr . It was thus that Launcelot Bart , coming in just before twelve o'clock to see Tommy , found her . As soon as he got Tommy outside of the schoolroom he collared him . `` What 's the matter with Anne ? '' he demanded .