twelve o'clock
`` Every day , my angel , '' said the viscount , bowing over her hand , before he withdrew from the room . His preparations were soon made . Old Cuthbert performed the duties of valet . And punctually at twelve o'clock the viscount took leave of his evil demon and her chaperon and departed for Banff , where he took the coach to Aberdeen , at which place he arrived in time to catch the night train up to London . The beauteous woe that charms like faded light , The cheek so pure that knows no youthful bloom , Well suiteth her dark brow and forehead white , And in the sad endurance of her eye Is all that love believes of woman 's majesty . -- _ Elliott _ . In the meantime Lady Vincent reached Banff .