twelve o’clock
Barbara received a note from her instead . The justice did not feel well enough to join them . I should think he did not . A pleasant party it was at East Lynne , and twelve o'clock struck before the carriage of the last guest drove away . It may have been from one to two hours after that , and the house was steeped in moonlight and quietness , everybody being abed and asleep when a loud summons at the hall bell echoed through the stillness . The first to put her head out the window was Wilson . `` Is it fire ? ''