twelve o'clock
Your husband , poor man -- lovely picters that a ' would make to be sure -- would have been in with us long ago if he had been in your place . I can take no nay from ye , upon my honour . You and maidy Anne must come in , if it be only for half-an-hour . John and his friends have got passes till twelve o'clock to-night , and , saving a few of our own village folk , the lowest visitor present is a very genteel German corporal . If you should hae any misgivings on the score of respectability , ma'am , we 'll pack off the underbred ones into the back kitchen . ' Widow Garland and Anne looked yes at each other after this appeal . ` We 'll follow you in a few minutes , ' said the elder , smiling ; and she rose with Anne to go upstairs .