About twelve o'clock
I think I had better tell papa the whole . '' And so she did , on the following morning . But she was too late ; she did not do it till after Lord Kilcullen had offered and had been refused . About twelve o'clock the same night , Lord Kilcullen and Mat Tierney were playing billiards , and were just finishing their last game : the bed-candles were lighted ready for them , and Tierney was on the point of making the final hazard . `` So you 're determined to go to-morrow , Mat ? '' said Kilcullen . `` Oh , yes , I 'll go to-morrow : your mother 'll take me for a second Paddy Rea , else , '' said Mat .